Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

नायमत्यंतसंवासः कस्यचित्केनचित्सह । अपि स्वेन शरीरेण किमुतान्यैर्वृथा जनैः

Transliteration

nāyamatyaṃtasaṃvāsaḥ kasyacitkenacitsaha | api svena śarīreṇa kimutānyairvṛthā janaiḥ

Translation

မည်သူမျှ မည်သူနှင့်မျှ အစဉ်အမြဲ အတူတကွ နေရခြင်း မရှိ။ ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်ပိုင် ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာနှင့်တောင် အမြဲတမ်း အဖော်မဖြစ်နိုင်သေးလျှင်—အခြားလူများကတော့ အဆုံးတွင် ယာယီအဖော်သာ ဖြစ်ကြသည်ကို ဘာပြောမလဲ။

Word by Word

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

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अत्यन्तसंवासः: permanent association
• अत्यन्तसंवासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्यन्त (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + संवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः ‘अत्यन्तः संवासः’ (very close/constant association)

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite)

• केन: with anyone (by anyone)
• केन: Karana (Instrument/Agentive accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ

• चित्: ever/any
• चित्: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनिश्चितार्थ-प्रत्ययवत् निपात (indefinite particle)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/सम्भावना/अपवादार्थक (even/also)

• स्वेन: with one’s own
• स्वेन: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण

• शरीरेण: body
• शरीरेण: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• किम्: what then?
• किम्: Sambandha (Interrogative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक; ‘किम् उत’ इति अव्ययीभाववत्

• उत: then
• उत: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प/उत्कर्षार्थक (then/indeed)

• अन्यैः: with others
• अन्यैः: Karana (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वृथा: in vain
• वृथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वृथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• जनैः: people
• जनैः: Karana (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator/character within the Tīrthamāhātmya storyline (context not provided in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher points to a human figure and then to a fading outline or skeletal motif to indicate bodily impermanence; travelers/pilgrims in the background suggest transient companionship on a road.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It teaches vairāgya: recognizing impermanence reduces clinging and prepares the mind for dharma and pilgrimage-oriented spiritual life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is a general dharmic reflection within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.