Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

यन्न जातं धरापृष्ठे न भविष्यति कर्हिचित्

Transliteration

yanna jātaṃ dharāpṛṣṭhe na bhaviṣyati karhicit

Translation

«អ្វីដែលមិនធ្លាប់កើតឡើងលើផ្ទៃផែនដី ហើយក៏មិននឹងកើតមានឡើយ នៅពេលណាមួយ…»

Word by Word

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकं (relative pronoun)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• जातम्: born / arisen
• जातम्: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘यत्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• धरापृष्ठे: on the surface of the earth
• धरापृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरापृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (धरायाḥ पृष्ठम्)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• भविष्यति: will be / will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• कर्हिचित्: ever / at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हिचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (fragmentary line; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic tableau illustrating ‘never born on earth’: the earth-disc below, above it a radiant, unmanifest possibility—suggesting the boundary between the manifest and the unmanifest, with sages contemplating the statement.

Characters & Entities

• Earth (Dharā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas often use absolute phrasing to stress rarity—pointing to an extraordinary event, boon, or spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this standalone line; it appears to be part of a larger statement in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line.