Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

न चैव चालयेदंगं कथंचित्तत्र संस्थितः । नैवाक्रंदं तथा कुर्याद्ध्यायेदेकं जनार्दनम्

Transliteration

na caiva cālayedaṃgaṃ kathaṃcittatra saṃsthitaḥ | naivākraṃdaṃ tathā kuryāddhyāyedekaṃ janārdanam

Translation

അവിടെ നിലകൊണ്ട് ഏതുവിധത്തിലും അവയവങ്ങൾ ചലിപ്പിക്കരുത്; വിലപിക്കരുത്; ഏകനായ ജനാർദനനെ ധ്യാനിക്കണം.

Word by Word

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

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; at all
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• चालयेत्: should move
• चालयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; causative sense ‘should move’

• अङ्गम्: limb; body
• अङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कथंचित्: in any way
• कथंचित्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in any way/at all)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संस्थितः: remaining; stationed
• संस्थितः: Karta (Agent-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having remained/being stationed’ (कर्तृविशेषण)

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

• एव: at all
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (indeed/at all)

• आक्रन्दम्: crying out; lamentation
• आक्रन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आक्रन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in that manner)

• कुर्यात्: should do/make
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ध्यायेत्: should meditate
• ध्यायेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• एकम्: one; single
• एकम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; (जनार्दनम् इति विशेषण)

• जनार्दनम्: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (ritual instructor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tiṃginī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The practitioner remains utterly motionless amid rising heat, lips closed, eyes half-lidded, mind fixed on Janārdana; the surrounding space is hushed, emphasizing inner devotion over outer ordeal.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True purification combines austerity with inner steadiness and remembrance of the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Tiṃginī-related expiation sequence within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Remain motionless, do not cry out, and meditate on Janārdana while undergoing the austerity.