Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

नाहं पश्यामि भूपाल कथंचिदपि तूर्ध्वतः । यतो दृष्टिविनिर्दग्धं भस्मसाज्जायतेऽखिलम्

Transliteration

nāhaṃ paśyāmi bhūpāla kathaṃcidapi tūrdhvataḥ | yato dṛṣṭivinirdagdhaṃ bhasmasājjāyate'khilam

Translation

ഹേ ഭൂപാലാ, ഞാൻ ഒരുവിധത്തിലും മേലോട്ടു നോക്കാറില്ല; എന്റെ ദൃഷ്ടിയിൽ ദഗ്ധമായതെല്ലാം പൂർണ്ണമായി ഭസ്മമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• paśyāmi: see
• paśyāmi: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• bhūpāla: O king
• bhūpāla: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• kathaṃcit: in any way
• kathaṃcit: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcit (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: somehow/by any means)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (even/also)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• ūrdhvataḥ: from above, upwards
• ūrdhvataḥ: Adhikarana (Directional locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from above/upwards)

• yataḥ: because/from which
• yataḥ: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यतस्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (causal/relative: because/from which)

• dṛṣṭi-vinirdagdham: burnt by (his) glance
• dṛṣṭi-vinirdagdham: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirdagdha (निर्दह् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दृष्ट्या विनिर्दग्धम् = ‘burnt by (his) glance’)

• bhasmasāt: to ashes
• bhasmasāt: Gati (Result/state)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhasmasāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: to ashes; bhasman + sāt-प्रयोग)

• jāyate: becomes, is produced
• jāyate: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• akhilam: everything, entire (all)
• akhilam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्व-विशेषण

Speaker

Śani

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant figure warns the king: he never looks upward because his gaze incinerates everything; the atmosphere is tense with contained fire-like energy.

Characters & Entities

• Śani

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great power must be governed by restraint; unchecked potency can destroy indiscriminately.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is character-revelation within the Mahātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains the nature of Śani’s gaze and his self-restraint.