Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

नाहं तात वसिष्यामि स्थानेस्मिन्ब्रह्मसंभवे । सखीजनपरित्यक्ता बंधुवर्गविनाकृता

Transliteration

nāhaṃ tāta vasiṣyāmi sthānesminbrahmasaṃbhave | sakhījanaparityaktā baṃdhuvargavinākṛtā

Translation

Vater, ich werde an diesem Ort nicht wohnen—o du, aus Brahmā hervorgegangen—von Freundinnen verlassen und des Kreises der Verwandten beraubt.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तात: O father; dear father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वसिष्यामि: I will stay
• वसिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मसंभवे: O Brahmā-born (creator)
• ब्रह्मसंभवे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ब्रह्मणः सम्भवः), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सन्दर्भे: सम्बोधन (O Brahmā-born/creator)

• सखीजनपरित्यक्ता: abandoned by (my) female friends and people
• सखीजनपरित्यक्ता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक) + परित्यक्त (कृदन्त; √त्यज् + परि + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सखीजनैः परित्यक्ता), भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बंधुवर्गविनाकृता: deprived of the group of relatives
• बंधुवर्गविनाकृता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + विनाकृत (कृदन्त; विना + √कृ + क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बन्धुवर्गेण विनाकृता/बन्धुवर्गात् वियुक्ता), भूतकृदन्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sutā (the daughter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva (king/father)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The daughter addresses her father: 'I will not stay here.' She stands apart, face streaked with tears, gestures of abandonment; the king listens, conflicted.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (via epithet brahmasaṃbhava)
• father (tāta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human identity clings to social ties; the verse exposes that attachment so the narrative can redirect the mind toward higher refuge and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse mentions “this place” but does not name it in the provided snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.