Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

न तस्या जायते बुद्धिः कदाचित्पापसंभवा । न कामोपहता बुद्धिः कथंचिदपि जायते

Transliteration

na tasyā jāyate buddhiḥ kadācitpāpasaṃbhavā | na kāmopahatā buddhiḥ kathaṃcidapi jāyate

Translation

तस्याः कदाचिदपि पापसमुद्भवा बुद्धिर्न जायते; न च कामोपहतचित्ता बुद्धिः कथञ्चिदपि तस्याः सम्भवति।

Word by Word

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

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• jāyate: is born/arises
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• buddhiḥ: intellect/thought
• buddhiḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• kadācit: ever/at any time
• kadācit: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (ever/at any time)

• pāpa-saṃbhavā: arising from sin
• pāpa-saṃbhavā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बुद्धेः विशेषणम्

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक

• kāma-upahatā: struck/overpowered by desire
• kāma-upahatā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + upahata (उप-हन् धातु, क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; बुद्धेः विशेषणम्

• buddhiḥ: intellect
• buddhiḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: buddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• kathaṃcit: somehow
• kathaṃcit: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/अनिश्चिततावाचक (somehow/by any means)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानार्थक (even)

• jāyate: arises
• jāyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (continuing reference to the woman devotee from the prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context of Aśūnyaśayana-vrata)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis (contextual audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-observing woman in a sacred precinct, calm-faced, holding a lamp and flowers; behind her a shrine of Hāṭakeśvara and a waterbody, symbolizing a mind unshaken by sin or desire.

Characters & Entities

• Dharma (implied)
• Kāma (as defilement, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True merit is interior: vrata practice purifies cognition, reducing sinful impulses and desire-driven distortion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative stream, though the verse itself focuses on inner fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse states the psychological/spiritual effect attributed to the vow’s observance.