Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्मान्न वीक्षयेत्कञ्चिदेकांतस्थं सभार्यकम् । बांधवं च विशेषेण य इच्छेच्छुभमात्मनः

Transliteration

tasmānna vīkṣayetkañcidekāṃtasthaṃ sabhāryakam | bāṃdhavaṃ ca viśeṣeṇa ya icchecchubhamātmanaḥ

Translation

ထို့ကြောင့် ကိုယ့်အကျိုးကောင်းကို လိုလားသူသည် မည်သူမဆို မိမိဇနီးနှင့် တိတ်ဆိတ်ရာ၌ နေသူကို မကြည့်သင့်။ အထူးသဖြင့် ကိုယ့်ဆွေမျိုးကို မကြည့်ရ။

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तस्मात्=therefore/from that

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• vīkṣayet: should look at/see
• vīkṣayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √ईक्ष् (वीक्षते/वीक्षति)

• kañcit: anyone
• kañcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• ekānta-stham: being in seclusion
• ekānta-stham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekānta (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधार)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (एकान्ते स्थितः)

• sa-bhāryakam: together with (his) wife
• sa-bhāryakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह) + bhāryaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सह-तत्पुरुषः (भार्यया सह)

• bāndhavam: a relative
• bāndhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण (instrumental used adverbially); विशेषेण=especially

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम

• icchet: should desire
• icchet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √इष् (इच्छति)

• śubham: good/auspiciousness
• śubham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ātmanaḥ: for oneself/of oneself
• ātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual ethical maxim; not explicit in the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher/elder gestures ‘do not look’ while pointing to a secluded space; a younger man listens with folded hands; the scene conveys instruction and restraint rather than drama.

Characters & Entities

• Bāndhava (kinsman)
• Couple in seclusion (general)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness is protected by disciplined conduct—avoiding situations that invite suspicion, disturbance, or moral lapse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is an ācāra-based instruction embedded in the pilgrimage narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it prescribes a niyama of behavior (do not observe a secluded couple, particularly relatives).