Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

यूयं वयं तथा चान्ये संजाताः प्राणिनो भुवि । सर्व एव मरिष्यामस्तत्र का परिदेवना

Transliteration

yūyaṃ vayaṃ tathā cānye saṃjātāḥ prāṇino bhuvi | sarva eva mariṣyāmastatra kā paridevanā

Translation

พวกท่าน พวกเรา และสรรพสัตว์อื่นใดที่เกิดบนแผ่นดิน—ล้วนจักต้องตายเป็นแน่; แล้วจะมีที่ว่างใดสำหรับการคร่ำครวญเล่า

Word by Word

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (thus/so/likewise)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• संजाताः: born, arisen
• संजाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (यूयं/वयं/अन्ये)

• प्राणिनः: living beings
• प्राणिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भुवि: on earth, in the world
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भू)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (particle: “indeed/only”)

• मरिष्यामः: we will die
• मरिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there, in that case
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• का: what? (which?)
• का: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक-सर्वनाम

• परिदेवना: lamentation, wailing
• परिदेवना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि + दिव् (धातु) + ल्युट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: ल्युट्-प्रत्ययान्त भाववाचक-नाम (action noun); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Friends/well-wishers (within Sūta’s narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The grieving narrator-character; overarching frame to Sūta (Sūtanandana).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, instructive group scene: friends standing with composed faces, one speaking about universal death; the grieving person begins to steady, the landscape quiet and expansive.

Characters & Entities

• Living beings (prāṇinaḥ)
• Earth (bhū)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Universal mortality is a call to viveka (discernment): one should invest life in dharma and liberation-oriented action rather than endless lament.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it contributes philosophical grounding within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.