Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

श्रीब्रह्मोवाच । न कश्चिच्च जराहीनो विद्यतेऽत्र धरातले । मरणेन विना नैव यस्य जन्म भवेत्क्षितौ

Transliteration

śrībrahmovāca | na kaścicca jarāhīno vidyate'tra dharātale | maraṇena vinā naiva yasya janma bhavetkṣitau

Translation

ശ്രീബ്രഹ്മാവ് പറഞ്ഞു—ഈ ധരാതലത്തിൽ ജരാരഹിതൻ ആരുമില്ല; മരണവില്ലാതെ ഭൂമിയിൽ ആരുടെയും ജനനം സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• श्री: venerable
• श्री: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरसूचक-उपपद (honorific)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• कश्चित्: anyone
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun)

• च: and/indeed
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• जराहीनः: free from old age
• जराहीनः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषः (जरया हीनः = jarāhīnaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'कश्चित्' इति विशेषणम्

• विद्यते: exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदी; अस्त्यर्थे (exists)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (here)

• धरातले: on the surface of the earth
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धरायाः तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• मरणेन: by death / with death
• मरणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• विना: without
• विना: Sambandha (Exclusion/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वियोगार्थक उपपद (preposition: without)

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

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

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would occur / could be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• क्षितौ: on earth
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā speaks with calm authority, stating the cosmic rule: none on earth is without old age; without death, no birth occurs—an austere truth delivered gently.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Earth (dharā/kṣiti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic law binds embodied life: birth entails aging and death, even when tapas is great.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it is doctrinal instruction within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse states a metaphysical constraint on boons and embodied existence.