Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

सर्वसंगपरित्यागी यदाहं निर्गतो गृहात् । ममानुपृष्ठतश्चैव ततो भार्या विनिर्गता

Transliteration

sarvasaṃgaparityāgī yadāhaṃ nirgato gṛhāt | mamānupṛṣṭhataścaiva tato bhāryā vinirgatā

Translation

నేను సమస్త సంగాలను త్యజించి ఇంటి నుంచి బయలుదేరినప్పుడు, నా భార్య కూడా నా వెనుకనే అనుసరిస్తూ బయటికి వచ్చింది।

Word by Word

• sarvasaṃgaparityāgī: one who has renounced all attachments
• sarvasaṃgaparityāgī: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + parityāgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (सर्व-सङ्ग-परित्यागिन् = सर्वान् सङ्गान् परित्यजति इति); विशेषणम् (aham)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (when)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nirgataḥ: went out/left
• nirgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir + gam (धातु) + ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; गतिवाचक (having gone out)

• gṛhāt: from the house
• gṛhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative singular)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anupṛṣṭhataḥ: from behind/after (me)
• anupṛṣṭhataḥ: Adhikarana (Path/स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anupṛṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः 'अनुपृष्ठतः' = 'पृष्ठतः/अनुगतः' (from behind/after)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (then/thereupon)

• bhāryā: wife
• bhāryā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vinirgatā: came out/left
• vinirgatā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + nir + gam (धातु) + tā (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/त) स्त्रीलिङ्गरूपम्; प्रथमा, एकवचन; गतिवाचक (went out)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator (life-episode within the māhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A renunciant leaves a modest house with staff and waterpot; behind him his wife steps out, torn between devotion and attachment; the road ahead suggests pilgrimage/forest life.

Characters & Entities

• bhāryā (wife)
• gṛha (home)
• saṅga (attachment)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation (vairāgya) is portrayed as a decisive turning from attachment, impacting not only the seeker but the family sphere too.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates an āśrama transition (leaving home).