Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

न च साम्ना व्रजेत्तुष्टिं कथंचिदपि पार्वती । मृषेर्ष्यांधारिणी देवी नैतत्स्वल्पं हि कारणम्

Transliteration

na ca sāmnā vrajettuṣṭiṃ kathaṃcidapi pārvatī | mṛṣerṣyāṃdhāriṇī devī naitatsvalpaṃ hi kāraṇam

Translation

न च साम्ना कथंचिदपि पार्वती तुष्टिं व्रजेत्। मृषेर्ष्याधारिणी देवी—नैतत् स्वल्पं हि कारणम्॥

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sāmnā: by (a) sāman-chant / by conciliation
• sāmnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• vrajet: would attain / would go to
• vrajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative/optative sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• kathaṃcit: somehow / in any way
• kathaṃcit: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/रीत्यर्थ (adverb: in any way)

• api: even / also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपि-कार (emphatic/also/even)

• pārvatī: O Pārvatī
• pārvatī: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative/Nominative form used in संबोधन)

• mṛṣā: falsely
• mṛṣā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mṛṣā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, मिथ्यार्थ (adverb: falsely)

• īrṣyā: jealousy
• īrṣyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īrṣyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• ādhāriṇī: bearing / holding
• ādhāriṇī: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-dhṛ (धातु) + inī (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त-विशेषण (agentive: bearer/holder)

• devī: the Goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular pronoun)

• svalpam: small / slight
• svalpam: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with etat)

• hi: indeed / for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (for/indeed)

• kāraṇam: cause / reason
• kāraṇam: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī stands apart, face turned away in dignified displeasure; Śiva attempts conciliation, but her ‘mṛṣa-īrṣyā’ (unreasonable jealousy) remains, creating a tense stillness before the turn to meditation.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked jealousy resists even gentle counsel; inner purification is necessary for peace alongside outer ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves the narrative and ethical teaching within the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse comments on emotional disposition affecting receptivity to dhārmic instruction.