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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

उद्वासितस्तथा सर्वो देशस्तेषां स वै महान् । सांप्रतं दीयतां कश्चिदाहारस्तृप्तिहेतवे । निवासाय ततः स्थानं किंचिच्चावेद्यतां हि नः

Transliteration

udvāsitastathā sarvo deśasteṣāṃ sa vai mahān | sāṃprataṃ dīyatāṃ kaścidāhārastṛptihetave | nivāsāya tataḥ sthānaṃ kiṃciccāvedyatāṃ hi naḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ แผ่นดินอันยิ่งใหญ่ของพวกเขาถูกทำให้ร้างและว่างเปล่าทั้งสิ้น บัดนี้ขอให้นำอาหารบางอย่างมาให้เราเพื่อความอิ่มเอม แล้วจงบอกสถานที่สักแห่งเพื่อการพำนักแก่เราด้วย

Word by Word
उद्वासितःwas driven out
उद्वासितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + √वस् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (expelled/evicted)
तथाthus; likewise
तथा:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in that manner)
सर्वःentire
सर्वः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (देशः इति विशेषणम्)
देशःcountry/region
देशः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
सःthat (he/it)
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
वैindeed
वै:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चय/खलु-अर्थक (indeed)
महान्great
महान्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (सः/देशः इति विशेषणम्)
साम्प्रतम्now
साम्प्रतम्:
Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाम्प्रतम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (now/at present)
दीयताम्let (it) be given
दीयताम्:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘let it be given’
कश्चित्some
कश्चित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (indefinite pronoun)
आहारःfood
आहारः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
तृप्तिहेतवेfor the sake of satisfaction
तृप्तिहेतवे:
Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootतृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + हेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (तृप्तेः हेतवे)
निवासायfor dwelling
निवासाय:
Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootनिवास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
ततःthen; thereafter
ततः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; तदनन्तर/तस्मात्-अर्थक (then/thereafter)
स्थानम्a place
स्थानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
किञ्चित्some; a little
किञ्चित्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अल्पपरिमाणवाचक (some/little)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (and)
आवेद्यताम्let it be made known
आवेद्यताम्:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootआ + √विद्/√वेद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘let it be informed/declared’
हिindeed; for
हि:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)
नःto us; for us
नः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउभयलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Genitive/Dative), बहुवचन; ‘our/to us’
Speaker

The devīs/divine women (implied by first-person plural request; explicit speaker label appears in next verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast emptied landscape—silent villages and fields—while divine figures stand together, composed yet hungry, requesting food and a place to reside from a human or sage authority.

FAQs

Even after victory, dharma emphasizes orderly resettlement and proper hospitality—food and a rightful place to dwell.

The excerpt is from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse does not identify a specific tīrtha-name.

An implied dharmic act appears: providing āhāra (food) and arranging nivāsa (lodging), i.e., hospitality.

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