Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

न दुर्भिक्षं न च व्याधिर्न च चौरकृतं भयम् । तस्मिञ्छासति धर्मज्ञे सततं धर्मवत्सले

Transliteration

na durbhikṣaṃ na ca vyādhirna ca caurakṛtaṃ bhayam | tasmiñchāsati dharmajñe satataṃ dharmavatsale

Translation

Solange jener Dharmakenner herrschte, stets der Rechtschaffenheit zugetan, gab es weder Hungersnot noch Krankheit noch Furcht vor Dieben.

Word by Word

• na: not / no
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• durbhikṣam: famine
• durbhikṣam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durbhikṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vyādhiḥ: disease
• vyādhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• caura-kṛtam: caused by thieves
• caura-kṛtam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caura (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ + kta)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—‘चौरैः कृतम्’ (करण-तत्पुरुषार्थः); विशेषण (भयम्)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• tasmin: in him / in that (kingdom)
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• śāsati: while (he) rules
• śāsati: Kriya (Circumstantial/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śās (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे सति-प्रयोगार्थं वर्तमानकाले; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; (अत्र) सति-सप्तमीभावार्थे ‘शासति’ = ‘when (he) rules’

• dharmajñe: in the knower of dharma
• dharmajñe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharmajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (तस्मिन्) — ‘in the dharma-knowing (king)’

• satataṃ: always
• satataṃ: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satatam (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: always/constantly)

• dharmavatsale: in the dharma-loving (one)
• dharmavatsale: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dharmavatsala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (तस्मिन्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta relating the Māhātmya to Ṛṣis)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vaidiśa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A peaceful city scene: full granaries, healthy citizens, guarded streets without fear; the dharma-loving king dispensing justice, with temples active and calm prosperity everywhere.

Characters & Entities

• Citravarman

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic leadership protects society; the king’s righteousness manifests as public welfare and freedom from fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Vaidiśa setting of Adhyāya 155; the tīrtha’s glory is developed through the story-world of a dharmic reign.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it teaches rājadharma as a foundation for prosperity and sacred order.