Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

अनुग्रहं करिष्यामि न दास्यामि च भोजनम् । कुशादेशान्मया सर्वे यूयं पापसमन्विताः

Transliteration

anugrahaṃ kariṣyāmi na dāsyāmi ca bhojanam | kuśādeśānmayā sarve yūyaṃ pāpasamanvitāḥ

Translation

میں تم پر کچھ عنایت کروں گا، مگر کھانا نہیں دوں گا۔ راجا کُشا کے حکم سے تم سب گناہوں کے بوجھ سے آلودہ ہو۔

Word by Word

• अनुग्रहम्: favor, grace
• अनुग्रहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; simple future 1st person singular

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; simple future 1st person singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• भोजनम्: food
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• कुशादेशात्: from Kuśa’s command
• कुशादेशात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश + आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ablative singular masculine; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कुशस्य आदेशः)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; instrumental singular ‘by me’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; nominative plural masculine (qualifying यूयम्)

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

• पापसमन्विताः: endowed with sin, sinful
• पापसमन्विताः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; समन्वित = कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; nominative plural masculine; समासः तत्पुरुष (पापेन समन्विताः)

Speaker

Vibhīṣaṇa (quoted within the messenger’s report)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern yet compassionate authority figure addresses a group marked as sinful, offering limited favor but withholding food under King Kuśa’s command; the atmosphere is judicial and penitential.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Kuśa
• Rākṣasas/Vyantaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion may be tempered by justice; consequences remain when sin has harmed others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Rāmeśvara tīrtha-mahātmya cycle in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse addresses the granting of anugraha and the refusal of bhojana as a moral consequence.