Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

न प्रेतत्वं च लोकानां मृतानां तत्र जायते । न चापि नरके वासो न च रोगव्यथा क्वचित्

Transliteration

na pretatvaṃ ca lokānāṃ mṛtānāṃ tatra jāyate | na cāpi narake vāso na ca rogavyathā kvacit

Translation

Là, chez ceux qui meurent, ne naît point l’état errant et tourmenté de « preta » ; il n’y a pas non plus de séjour en enfer, ni de souffrance de maladie où que ce soit.

Word by Word

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

• pretatvam: state of being a preta (ghostly state)
• pretatvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: preta + tva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

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

• lokānām: of people / of the worlds’ beings
• lokānām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• mṛtānām: of the dead
• mṛtānām: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from √mṛ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; विशेषण (lokānām)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• jāyate: arises / occurs
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

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

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

• api: also / even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारार्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• narake: in hell
• narake: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• vāsaḥ: dwelling / residence
• vāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

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

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

• roga-vyathā: disease and suffering
• roga-vyathā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga + vyathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (two coordinated nouns)

• kvacit: anywhere / at any place
• kvacit: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite locative adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous tīrtha-ghāṭa at dawn: pilgrims bathing; above, subtle imagery of a departing soul becoming radiant (no preta-shadow), with Yama’s realm receding into darkness; healing herbs and calm faces suggest ārogya.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a supremely holy place is depicted as purifying karmic residues that lead to preta-hood, naraka, and debilitating suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact site name is not present in the supplied verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated here; it emphasizes the spiritual outcome attributed to the tīrtha’s sanctity.