Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

न लोकपाला न सुखं न च दुःखं नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

na lokapālā na sukhaṃ na ca duḥkhaṃ nṛpottama

Translation

Là, il n’est point de gardiens du monde, ô meilleur des rois ; il n’y a ni plaisir, ni même souffrance.

Word by Word

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

• lokapālāḥ: world-protectors (Lokapālas)
• lokapālāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (लोकस्य पालाः)

• na: nor/not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• sukham: happiness
• sukham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• na: nor/not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

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

• duḥkham: sorrow
• duḥkham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• nṛpottama: O best of kings
• nṛpottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमो नृपः)

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpottama (best of kings)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king addressed by a sage; the background dissolves into a luminous, boundaryless expanse where the usual guardians of directions are absent; symbols of pleasure and pain (garlands and thorns) lie neutralized at the threshold of a radiant void.

Characters & Entities

• Lokapālas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is depicted as freedom from cosmic administration and from the dualities of pleasure and pain.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this line; it continues the description of the liberated Śaiva state within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.