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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

यम उवाच । कथंचिदपि विप्रेद्र न मे स्याद्दर्शनं वृथा । अन्येषामपि देवानां तस्मात्प्रार्थय वांछि तम्

Transliteration

yama uvāca | kathaṃcidapi vipredra na me syāddarśanaṃ vṛthā | anyeṣāmapi devānāṃ tasmātprārthaya vāṃchi tam

Translation

ยมตรัสว่า: “โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ ขออย่าให้การที่เราปรากฏต่อหน้าเจ้ากลายเป็นสิ่งสูญเปล่าไม่ว่ากรณีใด เพราะฉะนั้น จงอธิษฐานขอสิ่งที่เจ้าปรารถนาเกี่ยวกับเทพองค์อื่นด้วยเถิด”

Word by Word
यमःYama
यमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
कथंचित्somehow, by some means
कथंचित्:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचित् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
अपिeven, also
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
विप्र-इन्द्रO best of Brahmins
विप्र-इन्द्र:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः)
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)
मेof me / my
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
स्यात्may be, should be
स्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
दर्शनम्vision, sight, audience
दर्शनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन
वृथाin vain, fruitlessly
वृथा:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवृथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
अन्येषाम्of other
अन्येषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (देवानाम् इति अपेक्षया), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (particle)
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मात् (सर्वनाम/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formअव्यय; हेत्वर्थक-निपात (therefore/from that reason)
प्रार्थयrequest, pray for
प्रार्थय:
Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रार्थय् (धातु; प्र+अर्थय्)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
वाञ्छितम्desired, wished-for
वाञ्छितम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootवाञ्छित (कृदन्त; वाञ्छ् धातु + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
तम्that (thing)
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
Speaker

Yama (Dharmarāja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa (viprendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant, stern yet compassionate Yama appears before a venerable brāhmaṇa, offering boons; the setting suggests a sacred grove/riverbank tīrtha with ritual implements nearby.

Characters & Entities
Y
Yama (Dharmarāja)

FAQs

Divine darśana is purposeful—one should align requests with dharma and make meaningful petitions rather than letting grace go unused.

This is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the snippet does not explicitly name the tīrtha.

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it concerns the granting of boons following darśana.

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