Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एका जानाति मां सुप्तां नूनमाकारयिष्यति । अन्या जानाति मां चैव परस्परममर्षतः

Transliteration

ekā jānāti māṃ suptāṃ nūnamākārayiṣyati | anyā jānāti māṃ caiva parasparamamarṣataḥ

Translation

Die eine weiß, dass ich schlafe, und wird mich gewiss zu wecken suchen; eine andere weiß es ebenfalls, und sie grollen einander voller Missgunst.

Word by Word

• एका: one (woman)
• एका: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जानाति: knows
• जानाति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुप्ताम्: sleeping
• सुप्ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (माम्)

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; surely)

• आकारयिष्यति: will cause (me) to be brought/summoned
• आकारयिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-कारय् (णिजन्त; धातु √कृ)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• अन्या: another (woman)
• अन्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जानाति: knows
• जानाति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• परस्परम्: mutually, with each other
• परस्परम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; परस्परार्थक (mutually)

• अमर्षतः: out of jealousy/resentment
• अमर्षतः: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अमर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); ‘अमर्ष’ = असहिष्णुता/ईर्ष्या; अर्थे: ‘out of resentment’

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two women exchange sharp glances near a sleeping king; one leans forward to wake him while the other watches with resentment, tension visible in posture and facial expression.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire breeds rivalry and inner agitation, showing how attachment produces suffering and discord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named in this verse; it functions as part of a moralizing narrative within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line.