Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

केयं च वसनैंर्हीना त्वया सार्धं गतव्यथा । प्रयच्छति निजं देहं यद्देयं नैव कस्यचित्

Transliteration

keyaṃ ca vasanaiṃrhīnā tvayā sārdhaṃ gatavyathā | prayacchati nijaṃ dehaṃ yaddeyaṃ naiva kasyacit

Translation

ഇവൾ ആരാണ്—വസ്ത്രരഹിതയായിട്ടും നിനക്കൊപ്പം വ്യഥയില്ലാതെ വന്നവൾ—ആർക്കും എളുപ്പത്തിൽ നൽകാനാകാത്ത ദാനമായി സ്വന്തം ദേഹം അർപ്പിക്കുന്നവൾ?

Word by Word

• का: who (which woman)
• का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम (fem nom sg interrogative)

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशक-सर्वनाम (fem nom sg)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• वसनैः: with garments
• वसनैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (neuter instr pl)

• हीना: deprived (of)
• हीना: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (कृदन्त; √हा (त्यागे) क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (fem nom sg; deprived)

• त्वया: by/with you
• त्वया: Sahakāraka/Karaṇa (With/by you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन (2nd person pronoun, instr sg)

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahārtha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with, together with)

• गतव्यथा: free from pain
• गतव्यथा: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; √गम् (गत्यर्थे) क्त) + व्यथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (whose suffering has gone)

• प्रयच्छति: gives, offers
• प्रयच्छति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √यम् (दाने)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (present, 3rd sg)

• निजम्: her own
• निजम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masc acc sg)

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masc acc sg)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• देयम्: to be given, fit to be given
• देयम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृदन्त; √दा (दाने) यत्/अनीय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (gerundive: to be given)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• एव: indeed, at all
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite pronoun: of anyone)

Speaker

Śiva (Trilocana) (implied from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Citraṅgada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva questions the identity of the unclothed maiden who, without distress, offers her body—an unsettling yet didactic moment; attendants watch, the atmosphere tense and revelatory.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (questioner)
• Citraṅgada (addressee, implied)
• Maiden (kanyā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma stresses discernment: extraordinary acts must be understood in their proper vow/karma context, not imitated blindly.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but the site name is not provided in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse raises a dharmic question about an unusual ‘gift’ requiring contextual explanation.