Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

वयमन्यत्र यास्यामो ग्रहीष्यामो न ते धनम् । एवमुक्त्वाथ ते सर्वे मुनयः शंसितव्रताः

Transliteration

vayamanyatra yāsyāmo grahīṣyāmo na te dhanam | evamuktvātha te sarve munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ

Translation

ഞങ്ങൾ മറ്റിടത്തേക്ക് പോകും; നിന്റെ ധനം ഞങ്ങൾ സ്വീകരിക്കുകയില്ല. ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ്, പ്രശംസിത വ്രതങ്ങളുള്ള ആ മുനിമാർ എല്ലാവരും പുറപ്പെടാൻ ഒരുങ്ങി.

Word by Word

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• यास्यामः: we shall go
• यास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ग्रहीष्यामः: we shall take
• ग्रहीष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• ते: your/of you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• धनम्: wealth
• धनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भार्थक निपात

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• शंसित-व्रताः: of praised/approved vows
• शंसित-व्रताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंसित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शंस् धातोः क्त) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Ṛṣis (the sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of austere sages, calm and resolute, turn away from a king’s offered riches, preparing to depart along a forest road.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual authority is shown by restraint: refusing wealth that compromises purity and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it transitions the narrative toward another kṣetra (Camatkārapura).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An ethical discipline rather than a ritual: refusal of improper gifts as part of vow-based conduct.