Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सदा सौहृदनिर्मुक्ताः पितरोऽपि सुतैः सह । भविष्यंति पुरे ह्यस्मिन्किं पुनर्बांधवादयः

Transliteration

sadā sauhṛdanirmuktāḥ pitaro'pi sutaiḥ saha | bhaviṣyaṃti pure hyasminkiṃ punarbāṃdhavādayaḥ

Translation

“ဤမြို့၌ ဖခင်တို့သည် သားတို့နှင့်အတူပင် အမြဲတမ်း မေတ္တာသဟဇာတမှ ကင်းလွတ်နေကြလိမ့်မည်။ ထို့ကြောင့် အခြားဆွေမျိုးများနှင့် အခြားသူတို့ကို မဆိုလိုတော့ဘူးလား။”

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — 'always'

• सौहृदनिर्मुक्ताः: devoid of affection/friendliness
• सौहृदनिर्मुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sauhṛda (प्रातिपदिक) + nirmukta (कृदन्त, nir + √muc (मुच्), क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सौहृदात् निर्मुक्ताः)

• पितरः: fathers
• पितरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Prayojaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• सुतैः: with sons
• सुतैः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहयोगार्थक उपसर्ग/निपात)

• भविष्यन्ति: will be, will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Prayojaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• किम्: what (then)
• किम्: Prayojaka (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक सर्वनाम (इह 'किं पुनः' = 'what then')

• पुनः: moreover, then
• पुनः: Prayojaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति/अधिक्य) — 'again; moreover'

• बान्धव-आदयः: relatives and others
• बान्धव-आदयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāndhava (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (बान्धवाः आदयः येषाम्/बान्धव-प्रभृतयः)

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka et al. (typical frame; not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A city street scene where father and son stand back-to-back in hostility; relatives argue in the background; above, an unseen curse-cloud hangs, while a distant temple spire suggests the possibility of restoration through dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is eclipsed by pride and hostility, even the closest bonds weaken; pilgrimage and sacred living must include cultivating goodwill.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers broadly to “this city” within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa narrative; the specific tīrtha is not identified in this isolated excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a warning about social and familial consequences of adharma.