Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अस्मिन्स्थाने सदा दीनास्तथाऽश्रयविवर्जिताः । संतिष्ठध्वं न वः पूजां करिष्यंति च मानवाः

Transliteration

asminsthāne sadā dīnāstathā'śrayavivarjitāḥ | saṃtiṣṭhadhvaṃ na vaḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti ca mānavāḥ

Translation

Di tempat ini juga, tinggallah selama-lamanya—miskin dan tanpa tempat berlindung. Dan manusia tidak akan melakukan pemujaan untuk menghormati kamu.

Word by Word

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative, 7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• स्थाने: place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (locative, 7th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• दीनाः: poor, wretched
• दीनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषणम् (adjective), पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative, 1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्ययम् (manner adverb)

• अश्रय-विवर्जिताः: deprived of shelter
• अश्रय-विवर्जिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśraya (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarjita (कृदन्त; √vṛj/varj (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: समासः (compound) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive-determinative: ‘devoid of shelter’), विशेषणम्, पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• संतिष्ठध्वम्: stand (remain)
• संतिष्ठध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √स्थā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुषः (2nd person), बहुवचनम् (plural), आत्मनेपदम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive, 6th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे (feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (accusative, 2nd), एकवचनम् (singular)

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (plural), परस्मैपदम्

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

• मानवाः: people, men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative, 1st), बहुवचनम् (plural)

Speaker

Unspecified woman uttering the curse (continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Audumbarī (implied)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A desolate shrine precinct where destitute, shelterless people are commanded to remain; townsfolk pass by without offering pūjā, emphasizing abandonment and the need for divine compassion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma presents honor, refuge, and prosperity as connected to ethical conduct; curses symbolize the social-spiritual fallout of wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references “this place” within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative; the explicit tīrtha praise comes through the later remedy via Audumbarī worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It mentions the absence of pūjā (worship) as part of the curse, not a recommended rite.