Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ज्ञातिक्षयं प्रदृष्ट्वापि नैव दुःखमवाप्स्यसि । यतो निषिध्यमानापि न करिष्यंति ते वचः

Transliteration

jñātikṣayaṃ pradṛṣṭvāpi naiva duḥkhamavāpsyasi | yato niṣidhyamānāpi na kariṣyaṃti te vacaḥ

Translation

ബന്ധുക്കളുടെ നാശം കണ്ടാലും നീ ദുഃഖത്തിലാകുകയില്ല; കാരണം വിലക്കിയാലും അവർ നിന്റെ വാക്ക് അനുസരിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• ज्ञाति-क्षयम्: destruction of relatives
• ज्ञाति-क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Acc. sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘ज्ञातीनां क्षयः’

• प्रदृष्ट्वा: having seen
• प्रदृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having seen’

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

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

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/emphasis)

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Acc. sg.)

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain/experience
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतुवाचक/causal indeclinable: ‘because/for’)

• निषिध्यमानाः: (they) being forbidden
• निषिध्यमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-षिध् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त (शानच्/Present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nom. pl.): ‘being forbidden’

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

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

• करिष्यन्ति: they will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्/युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Gen. sg.)

• वचः: word(s)/command
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Acc. sg.; ‘वचः’ as neuter stem वचस्)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (contextual)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the petitioner (Dharmarāja per v.138.12)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seer-like figure watches relatives moving toward disaster; he speaks warnings, but they turn away; his face remains composed, eyes reflecting sorrow and clarity together.

Characters & Entities

• jñāti (kinsmen/relatives)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma recognizes that when counsel is rejected, outcomes follow karma; the wise learn steadiness rather than despair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is the broader sacred setting; the narrative elevates the place through a dharmic origin account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is ethical-psychological, describing the fruit of ignored instruction.