Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

नायं स्थास्यति हर्म्ये स्वे मोहमायाविवर्जितः । तस्माद्गच्छतु मा स्नेहं त्वं कुरुष्वास्य संभवम्

Transliteration

nāyaṃ sthāsyati harmye sve mohamāyāvivarjitaḥ | tasmādgacchatu mā snehaṃ tvaṃ kuruṣvāsya saṃbhavam

Translation

„Er wird nicht in seinem eigenen Palast-Heim verweilen, denn er ist frei von Verblendung und māyā. Darum lass ihn gehen; klammere dich nicht in Anhänglichkeit fest – erfülle vielmehr, was dir obliegt hinsichtlich seines Daseinsbeginns.“

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ayam: this (man/person)
• ayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sthāsyati: will stay/stand
• sthāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• harmye: in the mansion/house
• harmye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: harmya (हर्म्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• sve: in his own
• sve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (स्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (harmye)

• mohamāyā-vivarjitaḥ: free from delusion and illusion
• mohamāyā-vivarjitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: moha (मोह प्रातिपदिक) + māyā (माया प्रातिपदिक) + vi-√vṛj (विवर्ज् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: समासः: मोह-माया- (षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-निर्देश), विवर्जित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (ayam)

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gacchatu: let (him) go
• gacchatu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• mā: do not
• mā: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle, esp. with imperative)

• sneham: affection/attachment
• sneham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sneha (स्नेह प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• kuruṣva: do/make
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• asya: of him/of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (अस्य = इदम् सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃbhavam: welfare/prosperity; proper outcome
• saṃbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃbhava (सम्भव प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (continuing the address)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, instructive moment: an elder/authority counsels a family member not to cling to a detached soul who will not remain in the palace; the atmosphere is restrained, ethical, and inward.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Bhagavān
• Vyāsa
• Śuka
• Māyā
• Moha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Non-attachment is dharma when a soul is divinely oriented; love must mature into letting-go.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is directly named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only broadly: complete what is appropriate regarding the child’s worldly formalities; no specific ritual steps are listed.