Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

रामराम महाबाहो मा त्वं शोकपरो भव । न चास्य युज्यते वह्निर्दातुं चैव कथंचन

Transliteration

rāmarāma mahābāho mā tvaṃ śokaparo bhava | na cāsya yujyate vahnirdātuṃ caiva kathaṃcana

Translation

“Rāma, Rāma, O makapangyarihang bisig—huwag kang lamunin ng dalamhati. Hindi nararapat sa anumang paraan na ihandog siya sa apoy ng pagsusunog ng bangkay.”

Word by Word

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular

• राम: O Rāma
• राम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Vocative singular (repetition for emphasis)

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — Vocative singular; बहुव्रीहिः ‘he whose arms are great’

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय — prohibitive particle ‘do not’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular ‘you’

• शोकपरः: given over to grief
• शोकपरः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोक + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular; विशेषण of ‘त्वम्’

• भव: be
• भव: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, 2nd person singular ‘be’ (with mā: ‘do not be’)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय — negation ‘not’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — ‘and/also’

• अस्य: for him/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्/अयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन — Genitive singular ‘of this/of him’

• युज्यते: is proper/fitting
• युज्यते: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — Present, 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग ‘is fitting/is proper’

• वह्निः: fire
• वह्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative singular

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (infinitive) — ‘to give’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — ‘and’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय — emphatic particle ‘indeed/just’

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय — adverb ‘in any way/at all’

Speaker

Ākāśavāṇī (celestial voice)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma (mahābāhu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grieving, strong-armed figure named Rāma stands near the unlit pyre; petals fall; an unseen voice from the sky consoles him; attendants pause mid-rite, hands folded.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is subtle: even established rites may be set aside when higher spiritual status and scriptural principles apply.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the site name is not specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It prohibits performing cremation (giving to fire) for the person described, implying an exception to ordinary antyeṣṭi.