Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

भार्यायास्ते सुरूपायास्तस्मात्संपूर्णनिग्रहम् । करिष्यसि न ते भीतिः काचिदस्ति परत्रजा

Transliteration

bhāryāyāste surūpāyāstasmātsaṃpūrṇanigraham | kariṣyasi na te bhītiḥ kācidasti paratrajā

Translation

پس اپنی خوبصورت بیوی کے بارے میں تم اس (لعنت) کی پوری روک تھام کرو گے؛ ڈرو مت—اس سبب سے آخرت میں تم پر کوئی خطرہ نہیں۔

Word by Word

• bhāryāyāḥ: of (your) wife
• bhāryāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘your’

• surūpāyāḥ: beautiful
• surūpāyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (beautiful)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-शब्दः (therefore/from that)

• saṃpūrṇa-nigraham: complete restraint
• saṃpūrṇa-nigraham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃpūrṇa + nigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘सम्पूर्णनिग्रह’ = complete restraint/control

• kariṣyasi: you will do
• kariṣyasi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• te: for you
• te: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘for you/your’ (genitive-dative sense)

• bhītiḥ: fear
• bhītiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• kācid: any
• kācid: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kācid (kim-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-विशेषण (indefinite: any)

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• paratrajā: (fear) regarding the hereafter
• paratrajā: Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paratra + jā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘परत्रजा’ = born/occurring in the next world (i.e., hereafter-related)

Speaker

Kāma (Kāmadeva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/authority comforts a man regarding his beautiful wife: the curse’s force will be fully restrained for her; the man is told not to fear any otherworldly danger.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma
• wife (bhāryā)
• hereafter (paratra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous restraint protects the innocent and preserves one’s spiritual standing; dharma assures freedom from fear when justice is measured.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but the excerpt does not name the particular sacred site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is specified; the instruction is ethical—saṃpūrṇa-nigraha (complete restraint of punitive outcome).