Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ज्ञातिक्षयं प्रदृष्ट्वापि नैव दुःखमवाप्स्यसि । यतो निषिध्यमानापि न करिष्यंति ते वचः

Transliteration

jñātikṣayaṃ pradṛṣṭvāpi naiva duḥkhamavāpsyasi | yato niṣidhyamānāpi na kariṣyaṃti te vacaḥ

Translation

اپنے رشتہ داروں کی تباہی دیکھ کر بھی تم غم میں نہ پڑو گے، کیونکہ وہ روکے جانے کے باوجود تمہاری بات نہ مانیں گے۔

Word by Word

• ज्ञाति-क्षयम्: destruction of relatives
• ज्ञाति-क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञाति (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Acc. sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘ज्ञातीनां क्षयः’

• प्रदृष्ट्वा: having seen
• प्रदृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having seen’

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (even)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• एव: indeed/at all
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/emphasis)

• दुःखम्: sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Acc. sg.)

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain/experience
• अवाप्स्यसि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतुवाचक/causal indeclinable: ‘because/for’)

• निषिध्यमानाः: (they) being forbidden
• निषिध्यमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-षिध् (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त (शानच्/Present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nom. pl.): ‘being forbidden’

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (even)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• करिष्यन्ति: they will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद्/युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Gen. sg.)

• वचः: word(s)/command
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Acc. sg.; ‘वचः’ as neuter stem वचस्)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (contextual)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the petitioner (Dharmarāja per v.138.12)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A seer-like figure watches relatives moving toward disaster; he speaks warnings, but they turn away; his face remains composed, eyes reflecting sorrow and clarity together.

Characters & Entities

• jñāti (kinsmen/relatives)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma recognizes that when counsel is rejected, outcomes follow karma; the wise learn steadiness rather than despair.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is the broader sacred setting; the narrative elevates the place through a dharmic origin account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is ethical-psychological, describing the fruit of ignored instruction.