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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

न स्नानं न च दानं च लोकयात्रां विशेषतः । व्यवहारं न कृत्यं च किंचिद्धर्मसमुद्भवम्

na snānaṃ na ca dānaṃ ca lokayātrāṃ viśeṣataḥ | vyavahāraṃ na kṛtyaṃ ca kiṃciddharmasamudbhavam

មិនមានការងូតទឹក មិនមានការធ្វើទាន ហើយជាពិសេស មិនមានដំណើរជីវិតសាធារណៈតាមធម្មតា; មិនមានការទំនាក់ទំនង មិនមានកិច្ចកាតព្វកិច្ច—អ្វីៗដែលកើតពីធម៌ក៏មិនបានអនុវត្តឡើយ។

not
:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
not
:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
and
:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
दानम्giving/charity
दानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
लोकयात्राम्worldly routine/maintenance of life
लोकयात्राम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (लोकस्य यात्रा = worldly conduct/maintenance)
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb): ‘especially/in particular’
व्यवहारम्transactions/legal dealings
व्यवहारम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यवहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
not
:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
कृत्यम्duty/obligatory act
कृत्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
किंचित्anything
किंचित्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (anything)
धर्मसमुद्भवम्arising from dharma (righteous)
धर्मसमुद्भवम्:
Karma (Object-qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्म + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (धर्मात् समुद्भवम् = arising from dharma), किंचित् इत्यस्य विशेषण

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, contextually Sūta-like narration within Māhātmya)

Type: ghat

Scene: A deserted ghat/riverbank with still waters, no bathers, no alms-giving; marketplaces closed; roads empty—an eerie pause in both pilgrimage and civic life under a sunless sky.

FAQs

Dharma sustains both ritual and society; when time and order are disturbed, even basic virtues like charity and purity-practices decline.

The verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha narrative context; it does not name the location.

Snāna (bathing) and dāna (charity) are mentioned as practices that cease during the disruption.

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