Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

न वरिष्याम्यहं तेन सुतां तेऽहं नरसिप । निर्दाक्षिण्यमिति प्रोच्य दशार्णाधिपतिस्तदा

Transliteration

na variṣyāmyahaṃ tena sutāṃ te'haṃ narasipa | nirdākṣiṇyamiti procya daśārṇādhipatistadā

Translation

“เพราะฉะนั้น ข้าแต่เจ้าแห่งมนุษย์ ข้าพเจ้าจะไม่อภิเษกกับธิดาของท่าน” ครั้นกล่าวว่า “นี่เป็นความไม่สมควรตามธรรม” กษัตริย์แห่งทศารณะจึงตรัสดังนั้นในกาลนั้น

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• वरिष्यामि: I will choose / accept (as a boon)
• वरिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृ (धातु) → वरिṣ्य (भविष्यत्-धातुरूप)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तेन: by that, because of that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुताम्: daughter
• सुताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नरसिप: O king (lord of men)
• नरसिप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरसिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—नर + सिप(=नृप/सिप इति पाठभेदसम्भवः) कर्मधारयवत् ‘हे नराधिप’

• निर्दाक्षिण्यम्: lack of generosity / stinginess
• निर्दाक्षिण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्दाक्षिण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय

• प्रोच्य: having said
• प्रोच्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + √वच् (धातु) → प्रोच्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘उक्त्वा’ इत्यर्थे

• दशार्णाधिपतिः: the ruler of Daśārṇa
• दशार्णाधिपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशार्ण + अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—दशार्णानाम् अधिपतिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-Adhikarana (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Daśārṇa (king of Daśārṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal audience: the Daśārṇa king, composed and firm, declines the proposal; courtiers hold their breath as the refusal is delivered with measured dignity.

Characters & Entities

• Daśārṇa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays a ruler framing his choice as a matter of dharmic propriety, showing how ‘right conduct’ is invoked to justify action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha is present in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the refusal concerns vivāha (marriage) and pāṇigrahaṇa, but no new ritual instruction is given here.