Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तं च निर्वासयामासुस्तस्माद्देशात्पदातिकम् । एकाकिनं परित्यक्तं सर्वैरपि सुहृद्गणैः

Transliteration

taṃ ca nirvāsayāmāsustasmāddeśātpadātikam | ekākinaṃ parityaktaṃ sarvairapi suhṛdgaṇaiḥ

Translation

Lo desterraron de aquella tierra, obligándolo a ir a pie; quedó completamente solo, abandonado incluso por todos sus amigos y bienhechores.

Word by Word

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• nirvāsayāmāsuḥ: they banished
• nirvāsayāmāsuḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir + √vas (धातु) + ṇic (causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; णिजन्त (causative): ‘they caused to dwell out/banished’

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• deśāt: from the country/region
• deśāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• padātikam: on foot (as a footman)
• padātikam: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: padātika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective): ‘on foot/foot-soldier-like’

• ekākinam: alone
• ekākinam: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• parityaktam: abandoned
• parityaktam: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + tyaj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarvaiḥ: by all
• sarvaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनामवत् (pronominal adjective)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (particle: ‘even/also’)

• suhṛd-gaṇaiḥ: by groups of friends
• suhṛd-gaṇaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suhṛd (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: सुहृद्गण (Tatpurusha: ‘friends’ group’); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Suparṇākhyā-kṣetra (destination implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dethroned man is driven out of the city gates, barefoot, with dust rising; former friends turn away, doors close, and the road stretches into wilderness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly support is unstable; the consequences of past deeds can strip away social shelter, turning one toward spiritual refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya sequence that will lead the abandoned man to the Suparṇākhyā shrine/temple described in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly here; the focus is narrative (expulsion and isolation) preparing for the tīrtha’s saving grace.