Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

न च पानसमासक्तं न सस्यं सलिलं न च

Transliteration

na ca pānasamāsaktaṃ na sasyaṃ salilaṃ na ca

Translation

Nul n’était porté à boire ; il n’y avait ni grain de nourriture, ni même de l’eau.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• पानसमासक्तम्: attached to drinking
• पानसमासक्तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāna + sam-ā-√sañj/√saj (धातु) + kta (आसक्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative singular; विशेषण (कंचित्/किमपि—elliptic)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• सस्यम्: grain/food
• सस्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative singular

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative singular

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An opulent heaven rendered strangely barren of nourishment: no vessels, no grain, no water—Vasusena confronted by an empty, silent abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit without wholeness of dharma can yield incomplete results—pleasures may be withheld even amid high status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this standalone line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive of scarcity (absence of water/food).