Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

एष व्यर्थःश्रमः सर्वस्तथास्माकं भविष्यति । तव संभूतिसंभूतस्तव क्लेशस्तथाऽखिलः

Transliteration

eṣa vyarthaḥśramaḥ sarvastathāsmākaṃ bhaviṣyati | tava saṃbhūtisaṃbhūtastava kleśastathā'khilaḥ

Translation

この一切の労苦は、われらにとって空しくなるであろう。汝のあらゆる苦悩もまた、彼の力の再来そのものより生じて、再び起こる。

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• व्यर्थश्रमः: fruitless effort
• व्यर्थश्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यर्थ + श्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मधारय (व्यर्थः श्रमः)

• सर्वः: all, entirely
• सर्वः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘व्यर्थश्रमः’)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (thus/also)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• संभूतिसंभूतः: arisen from (your) birth/origin
• संभूतिसंभूतः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संभूति + संभूत (प्रातिपदिक; √भू सम् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (संभूतेः संभूतः = arisen from origin/birth)

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• क्लेशः: distress, trouble
• क्लेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थ (also/likewise)

• अखिलः: entire, all
• अखिलः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; विशेषण (to ‘क्लेशः’)

Speaker

Devāḥ (continuing their appeal)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas speak with sober gravity; the sky darkens slightly to suggest looming recurrence; devī listens, weighing outcomes—visual emphasis on counsel, consequence, and cyclical return of distress.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Devī
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires effective containment of destructive forces; otherwise even divine and human efforts become fruitless.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it serves the plot within the larger tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is counsel about outcomes and governance.