Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

नास्ति मे किञ्चिदप्राप्तं तथाऽसाध्यं महीपते । तस्मात्तव करिष्यामि कृत्यं यद्यपि दुर्लभम्

Transliteration

nāsti me kiñcidaprāptaṃ tathā'sādhyaṃ mahīpate | tasmāttava kariṣyāmi kṛtyaṃ yadyapi durlabham

Translation

О царь, для меня нет ничего недостижимого и нет ничего невозможного. Потому я совершу требуемый тобою обряд, хотя бы он и был редок и труднодостижим.

Word by Word

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

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• me: for me / of me
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6th/4th) एकवचन; enclitic; here possessive ‘for me/of me’

• kiñcit: anything
• kiñcit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiñcit (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; indefinite ‘anything’

• aprāptam: unattained, not obtainable
• aprāptam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aprāpta (कृदन्त; √āp आप् with pra-)
• Form: नञ्-समास/उपसर्गयुक्त PPP; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; kiñcit-विशेषण

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘likewise/also’

• asādhyam: impossible
• asādhyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: asādhya (कृदन्त; √sādh साध्)
• Form: नञ्-युक्त साध्य (gerundive/कृत्य) as adjective; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; kiñcit-विशेषण

• mahīpate: O king
• mahīpate: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (अव्यय/तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: हेतुवाचक अव्यय (from that/therefore)

• tava: your/for you
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• kariṣyāmi: I will do
• kariṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kṛtyam: the task/duty
• kṛtyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (कृदन्त; √kṛ कृ)
• Form: कृत्य (gerundive) used substantively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• api: even/though
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि (particle: even/though)

• durlabham: difficult to obtain, hard
• durlabham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; kṛtyam-विशेषण

Speaker

The brāhmaṇa (Devaśarman, by immediate narrative continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King Viṣṇusena

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa speaks with calm authority, promising to perform the king’s requested rite though rare; the king listens with hope; ritual implements (kuśa, kamaṇḍalu, ladle) appear subtly.

Characters & Entities

• Devaśarman
• Viṣṇusena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Priestly duty includes enabling righteous rites for others—especially acts meant for ancestral uplift—without fear of difficulty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgahrada, presented as a potent setting where ritual action can bear liberating fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking the required rite (kṛtya), which in this episode is the performance of śrāddha at the tīrtha.