Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

न मामर्हसि कार्येऽस्मिन्गर्हितुं रघुसत्तम । यस्मादहमतिक्रान्ता स्थानादस्माच्छ्रणुष्व तत्

Transliteration

na māmarhasi kārye'smingarhituṃ raghusattama | yasmādahamatikrāntā sthānādasmācchraṇuṣva tat

Translation

«Ô meilleur de la lignée de Raghu, ne me blâme pas en cette affaire. Puisque je me suis écartée de ce lieu, écoute-en la raison.»

Word by Word

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

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; लिङ्ग-त्रयेषु (pronoun)

• arhasi: you ought / you are fit
• arhasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: arh (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• kārye: in this matter/act
• kārye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• garhituṃ: to censure/blame
• garhituṃ: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: garh (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), क्रियार्थक

• raghu-sattama: O best of the Raghus
• raghu-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (raghoḥ sattamaḥ)

• yasmāt: because / since
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय; हेत्वर्थे (ablative-relative used as 'because/from which')

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• atikrāntā: having transgressed / gone beyond
• atikrāntā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ati-√kram (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sthānāt: from the place
• sthānāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• śṛṇuṣva: listen
• śṛṇuṣva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद; मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• tat: that (statement)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sītā addressing Rāma (Raghusattama)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Raghusattama/Raghūttama (Rāma-like interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-woman (or speaker) turns away from a sacred spot, addressing a Raghu prince with folded hands, asking not to be censured and requesting a hearing; the tīrtha landscape is calm yet charged with unseen presences.

Characters & Entities

• Sītā
• Rāma (Raghusattama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes fair hearing: before blame is assigned, one should listen to the explanation and weigh intention and circumstance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it continues the chapter’s broader sacred-place narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is part of a dialogue occurring around the śrāddha timeframe.