Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तस्मादहं पतिष्यामि सुसमिद्धे हुताशने । नैव जीवितुमिच्छामि स्वजनैः परिवर्जितः

Transliteration

tasmādahaṃ patiṣyāmi susamiddhe hutāśane | naiva jīvitumicchāmi svajanaiḥ parivarjitaḥ

Translation

ஆகையால் நன்கு எரியும் அக்னியில் நான் என்னையே வீசிக் கொள்வேன்; என் சொந்த மக்களால் தள்ளப்பட்ட நான் வாழ விரும்பவில்லை।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-इति तद्धित/प्रयोगः), हेत्वर्थे/तस्मात् = ‘therefore’ (causal adverbial)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• पतिष्यामि: I will fall
• पतिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्कालः/Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• सुसमिद्धे: in the well-kindled
• सुसमिद्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-समिद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+इध् धातोः क्त/क्तवतु-आधारित विशेषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘well-kindled’ (locative agreeing with हुताशने)

• हुताशने: in the fire
• हुताशने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुत+अशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘fire’ (lit. eater of oblations)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphasis/indeed)

• जीवितुम्: to live
• जीवितुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to live’

• इच्छामि: I desire
• इच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकालः/Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्वजनैः: by (my) kinsmen
• स्वजनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘by/with one’s own people/kinsmen’

• परिवर्जितः: abandoned
• परिवर्जितः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि+वर्ज् (धातु) → परिवर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययः (past passive participle): ‘abandoned/avoided’

Speaker

Caṇḍaśarmā (contextual; lamenting in first person)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disgraced brāhmaṇa stands before a blazing sacrificial fire, body turned forward in resolve, face wet with grief; behind him, shadowy figures of kinsmen/townsmen avert their gaze, signifying abandonment.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Social stigma can drive one to despair; the larger dharma narrative typically redirects such despair toward remedy and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as a dramatic moment within the tīrtha-centered chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None as a prescription; it references self-destruction in fire as an intended act, not a dharmic injunction.