Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

भार्यायास्ते सुरूपायास्तस्मात्संपूर्णनिग्रहम् । करिष्यसि न ते भीतिः काचिदस्ति परत्रजा

Transliteration

bhāryāyāste surūpāyāstasmātsaṃpūrṇanigraham | kariṣyasi na te bhītiḥ kācidasti paratrajā

Translation

Darum wirst du hinsichtlich deiner schön gestalteten Gattin (die Kraft des Fluches) vollständig zügeln. Fürchte dich nicht: im Jenseits erwartet dich deswegen keinerlei Gefahr.

Word by Word

• bhāryāyāḥ: of (your) wife
• bhāryāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘your’

• surūpāyāḥ: beautiful
• surūpāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (beautiful)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-शब्दः (therefore/from that)

• saṃpūrṇa-nigraham: complete restraint
• saṃpūrṇa-nigraham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpūrṇa + nigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘सम्पूर्णनिग्रह’ = complete restraint/control

• kariṣyasi: you will do
• kariṣyasi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• te: for you
• te: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘for you/your’ (genitive-dative sense)

• bhītiḥ: fear
• bhītiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kācid: any
• kācid: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kācid (kim-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-विशेषण (indefinite: any)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• paratrajā: (fear) regarding the hereafter
• paratrajā: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paratra + jā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘परत्रजा’ = born/occurring in the next world (i.e., hereafter-related)

Speaker

Kāma (Kāmadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/authority comforts a man regarding his beautiful wife: the curse’s force will be fully restrained for her; the man is told not to fear any otherworldly danger.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma
• wife (bhāryā)
• hereafter (paratra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous restraint protects the innocent and preserves one’s spiritual standing; dharma assures freedom from fear when justice is measured.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but the excerpt does not name the particular sacred site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is specified; the instruction is ethical—saṃpūrṇa-nigraha (complete restraint of punitive outcome).