Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहं करिष्यामि न दास्यामि च भोजनम् । कुशादेशान्मया सर्वे यूयं पापसमन्विताः

Transliteration

anugrahaṃ kariṣyāmi na dāsyāmi ca bhojanam | kuśādeśānmayā sarve yūyaṃ pāpasamanvitāḥ

Translation

เราจักประทานพระกรุณาแก่พวกเจ้าเพียงเล็กน้อย แต่จะไม่ให้ภักษาหาร ตามพระบัญชาของพระราชากุศะ พวกเจ้าทั้งปวงยังแบกบาปอยู่

Word by Word

• अनुग्रहम्: favor, grace
• अनुग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; simple future 1st person singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; simple future 1st person singular

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

• भोजनम्: food
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• कुशादेशात्: from Kuśa’s command
• कुशादेशात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश + आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ablative singular masculine; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुशस्य आदेशः)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; instrumental singular ‘by me’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; nominative plural masculine (qualifying यूयम्)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), बहुवचन; nominative plural ‘you’

• पापसमन्विताः: endowed with sin, sinful
• पापसमन्विताः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; समन्वित = कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; nominative plural masculine; समासः तत्पुरुष (पापेन समन्विताः)

Speaker

Vibhīṣaṇa (quoted within the messenger’s report)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern yet compassionate authority figure addresses a group marked as sinful, offering limited favor but withholding food under King Kuśa’s command; the atmosphere is judicial and penitential.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Kuśa
• Rākṣasas/Vyantaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion may be tempered by justice; consequences remain when sin has harmed others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Rāmeśvara tīrtha-mahātmya cycle in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse addresses the granting of anugraha and the refusal of bhojana as a moral consequence.