Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

लोकद्वयविनाशः स्याद्यतश्चेतो न शुध्यति । प्रावृट्कालेऽपि संप्राप्ते दुर्भिक्षेण प्रपीडिताः

Transliteration

lokadvayavināśaḥ syādyataśceto na śudhyati | prāvṛṭkāle'pi saṃprāpte durbhikṣeṇa prapīḍitāḥ

Translation

စိတ်မသန့်ရှင်းသဖြင့် ဤလောကနှင့် နောက်လောက နှစ်လောကလုံး ပျက်စီးခြင်း ဖြစ်မည်။ မိုးရာသီ ရောက်လာသော်လည်း အစာခေါင်ပါးမှုကြောင့် လူတို့ ဖိနှိပ်ခံရသည်။

Word by Word

• लोकद्वयविनाशः: destruction of the two worlds
• लोकद्वयविनाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + द्वय + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (लोकयोर्द्वयोः विनाशः = destruction of both worlds)

• स्यात्: would be; may occur
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतुवाचक अव्यय (causal: because/from which)

• चेतः: mind; consciousness
• चेतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation: not)

• शुध्यति: becomes pure; is purified
• शुध्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रावृट्काले: in the rainy season
• प्रावृट्काले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रावृट् + काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (प्रावृटः कालः = rainy season time)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (even/also)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle) सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक; सति-सप्तमी (when it has arrived)

• दुर्भिक्षेण: by famine; by scarcity
• दुर्भिक्षेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्भिक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रपीडिताः: afflicted; oppressed
• प्रपीडिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पीड् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि (oppressed/afflicted)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Parched fields despite rainclouds; people gaunt with hunger; a pilgrim at a tīrtha performs ablution, symbolizing inner cleansing amid outer drought.

Characters & Entities

• Kali Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Without purification of mind, one loses both worldly welfare and spiritual good; inner dharma is the foundation of outer prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is identified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the implied remedy is citta-śuddhi through dharmic practice.