Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

वयं च मुनयः शांतास्त्यक्ताऽशेषपरिग्रहाः । नास्माकमपि पार्श्वस्थं किंचिद्गृह्णाति यद्भवनान्

Transliteration

vayaṃ ca munayaḥ śāṃtāstyaktā'śeṣaparigrahāḥ | nāsmākamapi pārśvasthaṃ kiṃcidgṛhṇāti yadbhavanān

Translation

ہم پرسکون فطرت کے رشی ہیں، جنہوں نے تمام دنیاوی چیزیں ترک کر دی ہیں۔ ہمارے پاس کھڑا کوئی شخص بھی لوگوں کے گھروں سے کچھ نہیں لیتا۔

Word by Word

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.)

• śāntāḥ: peaceful
• śāntāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √śam)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); भूतकृदन्त (past participle) अर्थे ‘शान्त’

• tyaktāḥ: having abandoned
• tyaktāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tyakta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √tyaj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); भूतकृदन्त

• aśeṣa-parigrahāḥ: all possessions (attachments)
• aśeṣa-parigrahāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + parigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nom. pl.); ‘अशेषः परिग्रहः’ = all possessions

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी बहुवचनम् (Gen. pl.)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-समुच्चयार्थक निपात (particle)

• pārśvastham: (anything) lying nearby
• pārśvastham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pārśvastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Acc. sg.); ‘पार्श्वे स्थितम्’

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcid (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनिश्चित/किञ्चित्-शब्द; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Acc. sg.)

• gṛhṇāti: takes
• gṛhṇāti: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present); प्रथमपुरुष एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• yat: which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यद्-शब्द; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Acc. sg.); सम्बन्धक (relative)

• bhavanān: you (honorific), sirs
• bhavanān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Acc. pl.); आदरार्थे ‘भवान्’

Speaker

Unnamed sages/munis (self-referential statement within Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; exact speaker not provided in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Quiet hermitage scene: sages with minimal belongings, calm faces, open palms indicating ‘we take nothing’; the moral contrast with the would-be robber is implicit.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It praises the dharma of renunciation—true sages remain peaceful and free from possessions, refusing to take anything from householders.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse occurs in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but the specific named tīrtha is not identifiable from this single shloka alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed here; the focus is ethical conduct—aparigraha and non-acceptance.