Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

दीनानामसमर्थानां यात्राकृत्येषु सर्वदा । तस्यास्तद्वचनं देवि नान्यथा संभविष्यति

Transliteration

dīnānāmasamarthānāṃ yātrākṛtyeṣu sarvadā | tasyāstadvacanaṃ devi nānyathā saṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

اے دیوی! غریبوں اور بے بسوں کے لیے یاترا کے فرائض کے معاملوں میں ہر وقت اُس کے کلمات ہرگز خلاف نہیں ہوں گے؛ وہ یقیناً پورے ہوں گے۔

Word by Word

• दीनानाम्: of the poor
• दीनानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive, 6th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• असमर्थानाम्: of the incapable
• असमर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-samartha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-पूर्वक-विशेषणम् (negated adjective), पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्

• यात्रा-कृत्येषु: in pilgrimage duties
• यात्रा-कृत्येषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (compound) तत्पुरुषः (determinative: ‘pilgrimage-duties’), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (temporal adverb)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्गे (feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive, 6th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषणम् (pronominal adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• वचनम्: statement, word
• वचनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (vocative), एकवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्ययम् (negation particle)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (manner adverb)

• संभविष्यति: will happen, will be possible
• संभविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular), परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator addressing Devī (listener within the frame-story not shown in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Audumbarī (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (explicit vocative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consoling address to the Goddess: the speaker affirms that her words regarding the poor’s pilgrimage duties will certainly be fulfilled; the poor stand listening with fragile hope.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives emphasize the inevitability of karmic speech/boons/curses, especially as they shape the lived reality of the vulnerable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse discusses yātrā-kṛtya (pilgrimage obligations) generally within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, without naming a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references yātrā-kṛtya (pilgrimage duties) in general terms, without specifying a particular vow or rite.