Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वां महीं त्यक्त्वा लज्जया परया युतः । द्वीपान्महार्णवांस्त्यक्त्वा संप्रयास्याम्यतः परम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvāṃ mahīṃ tyaktvā lajjayā parayā yutaḥ | dvīpānmahārṇavāṃstyaktvā saṃprayāsyāmyataḥ param

Translation

ထို့ကြောင့် အလွန်အမင်း အရှက်တရားဖြင့် မြေကြီးတစ်လုံးလုံးကို စွန့်လွှတ်ကာ၊ ကျွန်းကြီးများနှင့် မဟာသမုဒ္ဒရာကြီးများကိုလည်း ထားခဲ့ပြီး၊ ဤနေရာမှ ထို့ထက်လွန်သော အရပ်သို့ ငါထွက်ခွာမည်။

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; हेतौ/तस्मात् = therefore/from that

• सर्वाम्: entire
• सर्वाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (महीम् इति)

• महीम्: the earth
• महीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• लज्जया: with shame
• लज्जया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लज्जा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• परया: great, intense
• परया: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (लज्जया इति)

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘युक्त’ = endowed/connected

• द्वीपान्: islands/continents
• द्वीपान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• महा-अर्णवान्: great oceans
• महा-अर्णवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (महान्तः अर्णवाः)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Kridanta
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• संप्रयास्यामि: I will depart/go forth
• संप्रयास्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अतः: from here
• अतः: Apadana/Source (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/particle): ‘from here/therefore’ (context: from here)

• परम्: further, beyond
• परम्: Gati (Direction/गति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘further/elsewhere/afterwards’

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (unnamed interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra, head bowed in shame, turns away from the world; behind him oceans and continents are symbolically left behind—waves, concentric rings—while Triśaṅku stands as the unresolved cause of sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• dvīpas
• mahārṇavas (great oceans)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When efforts seem fruitless, humility and honest self-assessment arise—often just before divine guidance reveals the efficacious sacred means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None named yet; the narrative tension prepares for the disclosure of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it expresses intent to renounce further worldly wandering due to perceived failure.