Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

धृतश्च सादरं तेन मा विप्र कुरु साहसम् । नेदृग्घोमः कृतः क्वापि कदाचित्केनचिद्द्विज

Transliteration

dhṛtaśca sādaraṃ tena mā vipra kuru sāhasam | nedṛgghomaḥ kṛtaḥ kvāpi kadācitkenaciddvija

Translation

พระองค์ทรงยับยั้งเขาด้วยความเคารพ แล้วตรัสว่า “โอ้พราหมณ์ อย่ากระทำความหุนหันพลันแล่นเลย โอ้ทวิชะ ไม่เคยมีผู้ใด ณ ที่ใด หรือกาลใด ทำโหมะเช่นนี้มาก่อน”

Word by Word

• धृतः: held
• धृतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• सादरम्: respectfully; with honor
• सादरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial qualifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सादर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• तेन: by him; by that (one)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (prohibitive particle)

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• साहसम्: rash act; audacity
• साहसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• ईदृक्: such; like this
• ईदृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश्/ईदृक् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (such/like this)

• होमः: homa; fire-offering
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृतः: done; performed
• कृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्वापि: anywhere
• क्वापि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite locative adverb)

• कदाचित्: ever; at any time
• कदाचित्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदा (अव्यय) + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite time adverb)

• केनचित्: by someone
• केनचित्: Karana (Agent/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite: 'by someone')

• द्विज: O twice-born
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūrya (implied by the immediately preceding verse where Sūrya restrains him)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya, still holding the brāhmaṇa back from the fire, speaks with respectful firmness; the brāhmaṇa’s posture shifts from frenzy to listening, hands lowered, eyes moist with relief.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes restraint: even devotion must not become reckless or violent beyond scriptural and ethical bounds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya narrative framework, but it does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A cautionary rule: do not attempt unprecedented, rash forms of homa.