Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तस्मादहं प्रयास्यामि यत्र नाम न ते विधे । श्रूयते कामलुब्धस्य ह्रिया परिहृतस्य च

Transliteration

tasmādahaṃ prayāsyāmi yatra nāma na te vidhe | śrūyate kāmalubdhasya hriyā parihṛtasya ca

Translation

Darum werde ich fortgehen—an einen Ort, wo nicht einmal dein Name vernommen wird, o Vidhī; denn man sagt, wer gierig nach Begierde ist, wird von Hriyā, der heiligen Schamhaftigkeit, verlassen.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore; from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna/Hetu (Cause/Ablative/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति तद्-शब्दस्य पञ्चमी (Abl. 5) एकवचनरूपं; अत्र अव्ययवत् कारणार्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)

• prayāsyāmi: I shall depart; I will go away
• prayāsyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yā (प्र-या धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन (sg); परस्मैपद

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb of place)

• nāma: indeed; just
• nāma: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/quotative particle)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• te: of you
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (Gen. 6) / चतुर्थी (Dat. 4) एकवचन (sg) रूप; अत्र षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (of you)

• vidhe: O Vidhī (O Brahmā / O ordainer)
• vidhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), सम्बोधन (Voc. 8), एकवचन (sg)

• śrūyate: is heard; is said
• śrūyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg); आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: is heard)

• kāma-lubdhasya: of one greedy for desire; lust-driven
• kāma-lubdhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + lubdha (कृदन्त from lubh धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विषय-सम्बन्ध: कामे लुब्धः); पुंलिङ्ग (m), षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन (sg); विशेषण (genitive)

• hriyā: by shame; out of modesty
• hriyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrī (ह्री प्रातिपदिक/भाववाचक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), तृतीया (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg)

• parihṛtasya: of one who has been shunned/avoided
• parihṛtasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-hṛ (परि-हृ धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग (m), षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन (sg)

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

Speaker

Unspecified (likely the lamenting female speaker addressing ‘Vidhe’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A departure scene at dawn: the woman (or speaker) walks away with a small bundle, looking back once; behind her, the man stands amid fading shadows labeled ‘kāma’; a subtle feminine aura (Hrī-devī) withdraws from him like a departing light.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When shame and conscience depart, relationships and merit collapse; separation becomes a dharmic response to persistent adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified; the verse expresses a resolve to go elsewhere within a pilgrimage-themed textual setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative decision framed as a moral consequence.