Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ताततात नमस्कारं मा मे कुरु सहांबया । प्राप्ता स्वर्गगतिर्नाम मम नाशं प्रया स्यति

Transliteration

tātatāta namaskāraṃ mā me kuru sahāṃbayā | prāptā svargagatirnāma mama nāśaṃ prayā syati

Translation

“ابّا، ابّا—ماں کے ساتھ بھی مجھے نمسکار نہ کرو۔ میں نے سوَرگ گتی پا لی ہے؛ (اگر تم ایسا کرو گے) میری یہ حاصل شدہ منزل برباد ہو جائے گی۔”

Word by Word

• तात: dear father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• तात: O father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic)

• नमस्कारम्: salutation
• नमस्कारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• मे: to me / of me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन (Genitive/Dative sg. enclitic)

• कुरु: do/make
• कुरु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (with), सह-योगे तृतीया अपेक्षा

• अम्बया: (your) mother
• अम्बया: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• प्राप्ता: having attained
• प्राप्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (having attained)

• स्वर्गगतिः: the path to heaven / heavenly state
• स्वर्गगतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (स्वर्गस्य गतिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाम: indeed
• नाम: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/ख्यात्यर्थ-निपात (indeed/by name)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रयास्यति: will go/lead to
• प्रयास्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Daughter of Devaśarmā (speaking to her parents)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The daughter addresses her father tenderly yet firmly—‘Father, do not bow’—with a calm, otherworldly aura; the parents stand conflicted, love meeting sacred caution.

Characters & Entities

• Devaśarmā
• Mother (ambā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit gained through sacred causes is to be protected by right conduct; even respectful acts can become improper when they violate the dharmic order established by the tīrtha’s extraordinary circumstance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies a powerful tīrtha context granting ‘svargagati’ (heavenward destiny), but the site name is not stated within this shloka alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A prohibition regarding namaskāra (salutation) is given; no snāna/dāna/japa is specified here.