Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

न तस्य विद्यते भागस्तव स्वल्पोऽपि पुत्रक । शुभस्य वाऽथ पापस्य सांप्रतं च तथा मम

Transliteration

na tasya vidyate bhāgastava svalpo'pi putraka | śubhasya vā'tha pāpasya sāṃprataṃ ca tathā mama

Translation

「愛しい我が子よ、それについてお前の分け前はない。善であれ罪であれ、ほんのわずかもない。同じく今、私もお前のそれに分け前はない。」

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — negation particle

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — present, 3rd person singular, middle

• भागः: share/portion
• भागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• स्वल्पः: small
• स्वल्पः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (qualifying भागः)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — particle (even)

• पुत्रक: O dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन — vocative singular

• शुभस्य: of good (deed)
• शुभस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (अर्थतः कर्म), षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• वा: or
• वा: Samuccaya/Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — disjunctive particle

• अथ: and/then
• अथ: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — particle (then/and)

• पापस्य: of sin (deed)
• पापस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (अर्थतः कर्म), षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present
• सांप्रतम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — adverb (now/at present)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — conjunction

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — adverb (so/likewise)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular

Speaker

Father

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: putra (son)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The father’s statement is firm and clarifying: he points gently toward the son and then toward himself, indicating separation of karmic accounts; the son’s face shows surprise and introspection.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic fruits are fundamentally personal—each person bears the result of their own merit and sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is a doctrinal clarification within the Mahātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse states a karmic principle.