Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

उक्तानि प्रतिषिद्धानि पुनः संभावितानि च । सापेक्षनिरपेक्षाणि मुनिवाक्यान्यशेषतः

Transliteration

uktāni pratiṣiddhāni punaḥ saṃbhāvitāni ca | sāpekṣanirapekṣāṇi munivākyānyaśeṣataḥ

Translation

ถ้อยคำของเหล่ามุนีทั้งปวง—ทั้งที่ทรงบัญญัติ ทั้งที่ทรงห้าม ทั้งที่ย้ำยืนยันอีกครั้ง และทั้งที่ตรัสแบบมีเงื่อนไขหรือไร้เงื่อนไข—ได้กล่าวไว้ ณ ที่นี้โดยครบถ้วนแล้ว

Word by Word

• uktāni: said; stated
• uktāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु) + kta (क्त) / ukta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• pratiṣiddhāni: forbidden; prohibited
• pratiṣiddhāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prati-√sidh (सिध् धातु) + kta (क्त) / pratiṣiddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• punaḥ: again; further
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• saṃbhāvitāni: approved; commended; considered
• saṃbhāvitāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√bhū (भू धातु) + ṇic? / saṃbhāvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (esteemed/considered/approved)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• sāpekṣa-nirapekṣāṇi: dependent and independent
• sāpekṣa-nirapekṣāṇi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-apekṣa + nir-apekṣa (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (सापेक्षाणि च निरपेक्षाणि च)

• muni-vākyāni: the sage’s statements
• muni-vākyāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनेः वाक्यानि)

• aśeṣataḥ: completely; without remainder
• aśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb), सर्वथा/सम्पूर्णतया (entirely)

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual: a senior speaker instructing a king/son within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A compendium-like moment: sages’ sayings symbolically gathered—scrolls, palm-leaf bundles—while the narrator declares that all injunctions and prohibitions have been fully stated.

Characters & Entities

• Muni (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is preserved through complete attention to the sages’ guidance—knowing both what to do and what to avoid, including rules that are conditional or universal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is introductory; the surrounding passage proceeds to the glory of Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and the famed Mārtaṇḍa (Sun) installation there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed here; it frames the authority of prescriptions and prohibitions that follow in the chapter.