Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
Devanagari script
नो चेत्संपत्स्यसे भस्म पतंग इव पावकम् । समासाद्य निशायोगे मूढं भावं समाश्रितः
Transliteration
no cetsaṃpatsyase bhasma pataṃga iva pāvakam | samāsādya niśāyoge mūḍhaṃ bhāvaṃ samāśritaḥ
Translation
নচেৎ তুমি ভস্ম হয়ে যাবে—যেমন পতঙ্গ আগুনে ঝাঁপ দেয়। অযোগ্য সময়ে কাছে গিয়ে, মোহাবিষ্ট ভাব আশ্রয় করে।
Word by Word
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)
उindeed/then
उ:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात (emphatic particle; often with न = 'otherwise/indeed')
चेत्if
चेत्:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, शर्तार्थक (conditional particle 'if')
संपत्स्यसेyou will become/come to
संपत्स्यसे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + पद् (धातु)
Formलृट् (simple future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्
भस्मashes
भस्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; फल/परिणामरूपेण
पतंगःa moth
पतंगः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपतंग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इवlike
इव:
Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, उपमानसूचक (comparative particle 'like')
पावकम्fire
पावकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपावक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
समासाद्यhaving approached
समासाद्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + सद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having approached)
निशायोगेin the conjunction of night (darkness)
निशायोगे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशा (प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः (तत्पुरुषः), पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन
मूढम्deluded
मूढम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमूढ (कृदन्त; मुह् धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
भावम्state/attitude
भावम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
समाश्रितःhaving resorted to
समाश्रितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + आ + श्रि (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (having resorted to)
Speaker
Garuḍa (continuing warning to the brāhmaṇa in context)
Characters & Entities
G
GaruḍaV
Vaiṣṇava tejas (implied)P
pataṅga (moth)P
pāvaka (fire)FAQs
Spiritual eagerness must be guided by discernment; reckless approach to the sacred can become self-destructive.
The same Janārdana water-tīrtha where the Lord’s radiance is intensely manifest.
An implicit rule of approach: do not rush in at an improper time or with an unfit, deluded mindset.