Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सामिषं कुररं दृष्ट्वा वध्यमानं निरामिषैः । आमिषस्य परित्यागात्कुररः सुखमेधते

Transliteration

sāmiṣaṃ kuraraṃ dṛṣṭvā vadhyamānaṃ nirāmiṣaiḥ | āmiṣasya parityāgātkuraraḥ sukhamedhate

Translation

เมื่อเห็นนกคุรระที่คาบเนื้อถูกนกที่ไร้เนื้อรุมทำร้าย ก็ย่อมรู้ว่าเพราะละทิ้งเนื้อนั้น นกคุรระจึงเจริญอยู่ในความสุข

Word by Word

• स: with
• स: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासाङ्ग

• आमिषम्: meat (as possession)
• आमिषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āmiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: स + आमिषम् = सामिषम्

• कुररम्: the osprey
• कुररम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kurara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• वध्यमानम्: being killed/attacked
• वध्यमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vadh (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (शानच्/Present passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निर: without
• निर: Sambandha (Prefix/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nir (उपसर्ग)
• Form: उपसर्ग (prefix) समासाङ्ग

• आमिषैः: by those without meat
• आमिषैः: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āmiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/नञ्-समासार्थः: निर्-आमिषैः = आमिषरहितैः

• आमिषस्य: of meat
• आमिषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āmiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• परित्यागात्: from abandoning
• परित्यागात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pari-tyāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• कुररः: the osprey
• कुररः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kurara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सुखम्: happily
• सुखम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्

• एधते: thrives/prospers
• एधते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: edh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic conclusion drawn from the parable)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The kurara releases the meat; instantly the sky clears around it, and it flies untroubled, bathed in calm light.

Characters & Entities

• Kurara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation of the contested object removes danger and agitation; peace is protected by reducing grasping (parigraha).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it delivers a universal teaching embedded in a tīrtha-oriented chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the ‘prescription’ is ethical—parityāga (letting go) as the cause of sukha and śānti.