Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

भुंजानश्च न कोऽप्यत्र दृश्यतेऽत्र पिबन्नपि । तस्मात्त्रिविष्टपावासो ह्यस्माकं घोरदारुणः

Transliteration

bhuṃjānaśca na ko'pyatra dṛśyate'tra pibannapi | tasmāttriviṣṭapāvāso hyasmākaṃ ghoradāruṇaḥ

Translation

ที่นี่ไม่เห็นผู้ใดเสวยอาหารเลย แม้ดื่มน้ำก็ไม่เห็น; เพราะฉะนั้น การพำนักของเราบนไตรวิษฏปะ (สวรรค์) จึงกลับกลายเป็นน่าหวาดหวั่นและโหดร้ายยิ่งนัก

Word by Word

• भुञ्जानः: eating
• भुञ्जानः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → भुञ्जान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (present active participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• कः: who/anyone
• कः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present); आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पिबन्: drinking
• पिबन्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) → पिबत्/पिबन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (present active participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: even)

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग-प्रयोगे; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादानार्थः (ablative: from that/therefore)

• त्रिविष्टपावासः: residence in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपावासः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप + आवास (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (triviṣṭapasya āvāsaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुबोधक अव्यय (particle: indeed/for)

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive: of us/our)

• घोरदारुणः: terrible and harsh
• घोरदारुणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर + दारुण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (घोरश्च दारुणश्च); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying त्रिविष्टपावासः)

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors), speaking collectively

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lekhā-nadī (contextual)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame, not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A paradoxical heaven: radiant palaces and gardens, yet Pitṛs appear gaunt and distressed; no one is seen eating or drinking, creating an eerie stillness amid splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Triviṣṭapa (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Heavenly status alone does not remove suffering when dharmic support is absent; ancestral rites are portrayed as essential sustenance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the broader Tīrthamāhātmya setting of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the context points toward śrāddha and tarpaṇa as the means to relieve the Pitṛs’ hardship.