Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

नीचैरपि प्रशास्येत श्रुतिराह सनातनी । सन्मार्ग एव सर्वत्र पूज्यते नापथः क्वचित्

Transliteration

nīcairapi praśāsyeta śrutirāha sanātanī | sanmārga eva sarvatra pūjyate nāpathaḥ kvacit

Translation

ສຣຸຕິອັນຖາວອນກ່າວວ່າ ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ມີຖານະຕ່ຳກໍສາມາດຕັກເຕືອນແກ້ໄຂໄດ້. ທຸກແຫ່ງນັບຖືແຕ່ທາງດີ ບໍ່ນັບຖືທາງຜິດເລີຍ.

Word by Word

• नीचैः: by low (persons)
• नीचैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• प्रशास्येत: should be governed/controlled
• प्रशास्येत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + शास् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (शास्येत)

• श्रुतिः: the Śruti (Vedic revelation)
• श्रुतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• आह: said/declared
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्/आह् (धातु: √अह् ‘to say’, परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सनातनी: eternal
• सनातनी: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; श्रुति-विशेषण

• सन्मार्गः: the right path
• सन्मार्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सन् मार्गः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• सर्वत्र: everywhere
• सर्वत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पूज्यते: is honored/worshipped
• पूज्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

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

• अपथः: a wrong path
• अपथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्वचित्: anywhere/ever
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indefinite adverb)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from the instructional sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: Satmārga appears as a bright, straight road with a small shrine at its end; Apatha is a dark, broken track fading into thorns. People of all stations point toward the bright road; a humble figure corrects a proud one, and the proud one bows.

Characters & Entities

• Śruti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truth and right conduct are venerable everywhere; humility includes accepting rightful correction from any source.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is specified in this verse; it reinforces the dharmic attitude expected in tīrtha contexts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a normative statement about honoring sanmārga and rejecting apatha.