Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

यत्पृष्टोऽस्मि द्विजश्रेष्ठा युष्माभिः सांप्रतं मम । तद्गुह्यं न मयाऽख्यातं कस्यचिद्धरणीतले

Transliteration

yatpṛṣṭo'smi dvijaśreṣṭhā yuṣmābhiḥ sāṃprataṃ mama | tadguhyaṃ na mayā'khyātaṃ kasyaciddharaṇītale

Translation

“โอ้ท่านผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่ทวิชะ! สิ่งที่ท่านเพิ่งถามข้าพเจ้า บัดนี้เป็นความลับที่ข้าพเจ้าไม่เคยเปิดเผยแก่ผู้ใดบนแผ่นดินเลย”

Word by Word

• yat: what/that which
• yat: Karma (Object of ‘pṛṣṭaḥ’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धे ‘यत्’ (relative)

• pṛṣṭaḥ: asked
• pṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √prach धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (I, having been asked)

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ: O best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• dvija-śreṣṭhāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yuṣmābhiḥ: by you
• yuṣmābhiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sāṃpratam: now/at present
• sāṃpratam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• mama: of me/my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• tad-guhyam: that secret
• tad-guhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + guhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (निपात)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ākhyātam: told/declared
• ākhyātam: Kriya (Predicate in passive sense/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + khyā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; अत्र ‘(न) ... ākhyātam’ = ‘was (not) told’

• kasyacit: to anyone
• kasyacit: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular); अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite)

• dharaṇī-tale: on the surface of the earth
• dharaṇī-tale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (a narrator/king-like figure speaking to sages; explicit speaker not in the snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭhas / munis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king addresses the sages with earnest gravity, indicating the matter is a guarded secret never told to anyone on earth; sages lean in attentively.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred knowledge about a tīrtha is to be handled with reverence; its disclosure is framed as a rare, responsible act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces a confidential tīrtha-related account, but the specific site is not named in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the emphasis is on the secrecy and sanctity of the forthcoming narration.