Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

क्व गतासि विशालाक्षि विजनेऽस्मिन्विहाय माम् । नाहं गृहं गमिष्यामि मम दुःखाय निर्दयः

Transliteration

kva gatāsi viśālākṣi vijane'sminvihāya mām | nāhaṃ gṛhaṃ gamiṣyāmi mama duḥkhāya nirdayaḥ

Translation

ಓ ವಿಶಾಲಾಕ್ಷಿ! ಈ ನಿರ್ಜನ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು ನೀನು ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಹೋದೆ? ನಾನು ಮನೆಗೆ ಹೋಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ನಿರ್ದಯ ವಿಧಿ ನನಗೆ ದುಃಖವನ್ನೇ ಕಾರಣಮಾಡಿದೆ.

Word by Word

• क्व: where?
• क्व: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Interrogative: place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• गता: gone
• गता: Kriyā (Predicate complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (Past active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone’ (addressed to female)

• असि: are
• असि: Kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• विशालाक्षि: O wide-eyed one
• विशालाक्षि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशाल + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘विशाले अक्षिणी यस्याः सा’

• विजने: in a lonely place
• विजने: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• विहाय: having left
• विहाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), ‘having abandoned/left’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म)

• न: not
• न: Nipāta (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (negation particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता)

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma/Goal (Destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• गमिष्यामि: I will go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मम: for me / of me
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• दुःखाय: for (my) sorrow
• दुःखाय: Sampradāna/Prayojana (Purpose/result: for sorrow)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (Dative singular)

• निर्दयः: cruel/merciless
• निर्दयः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्दय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective of ‘aham’)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing his beloved; direct speech within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The bereaved calls out to his beloved in an empty forest, arms extended, face turned upward, tears streaming; the emptiness answers with silence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lamentation reveals the mind’s dependence; the dharmic cure is inner refuge rather than outer clinging.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identified in this single verse; it is part of a continuing tīrthamāhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.