Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्केनचित्सार्धं सौहार्दं नैव विद्यते । तस्मान्नैवास्ति ते दोष ईदृक्क्षे त्रस्य संस्थितिः

Transliteration

kasyacitkenacitsārdhaṃ sauhārdaṃ naiva vidyate | tasmānnaivāsti te doṣa īdṛkkṣe trasya saṃsthitiḥ

Translation

ഇവിടെ ആര്ക്കും ആരോടും സൗഹാർദ്ദം ലഭ്യമല്ല. അതിനാൽ നിനക്കു ദോഷമില്ല; ഈ ക്ഷേത്രത്തിന്റെ സ്ഥിതി ഇങ്ങനെയത്രേ.

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of someone
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्; अनिश्चित-प्रयोगः (someone's/of someone)

• केनचित्: with someone
• केनचित्: Sahakari (Instrument/साधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; अनिश्चित-प्रयोगः (by/with someone)

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्ययम् (indeclinable meaning 'together/with')

• सौहार्दम्: friendship/affection
• सौहार्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौहार्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम्; अत्र कर्म/विषय-रूपेण

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

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपातः (emphatic particle)

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; भावे/अस्ति-अर्थे (exists)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति तद्धित-प्रयोगवत्; पञ्चमी-विभक्त्यर्थे (ablative sense) अव्ययवत्—‘therefore/from that’

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपातः

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• ते: your/of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्; ‘of you/your’

• दोषः: fault/blame
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• ईदृक्: such
• ईदृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश्/ईदृक् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषणम्; अत्र ‘ईदृक्’ (such) इति अव्ययवत्/प्रातिपदिक-रूपेण प्रयोगः

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• संस्थितिः: state/condition
• संस्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्थितिः (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Unspecified (a narrator/teacher consoling Lakṣmaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like figure gestures in reassurance to a troubled pilgrim, with the sacred landscape behind them; animals in the background remain wary, underscoring the ‘condition of the region’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Moral judgment is tempered by context; the Purāṇa distinguishes personal culpability from forces attributed to the kṣetra’s nature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular kṣetra/tīrtha zone in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Adhyāya 20; the verse emphasizes its prevailing condition rather than naming it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it leads into the instruction to bathe at a specific tīrtha.