Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तस्मादहं प्रयास्यामि यत्र नाम न ते विधे । श्रूयते कामलुब्धस्य ह्रिया परिहृतस्य च

Transliteration

tasmādahaṃ prayāsyāmi yatra nāma na te vidhe | śrūyate kāmalubdhasya hriyā parihṛtasya ca

Translation

پس اے وِدھے! میں چلی جاؤں گی—ایسی جگہ جہاں تمہارا نام تک نہ سنا جائے؛ کیونکہ کہا جاتا ہے کہ جو خواہش کا لالچی ہو، اسے حیا (ہریا) ترک کر دیتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore; from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna/Hetu (Cause/Ablative/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति तद्-शब्दस्य पञ्चमी (Abl. 5) एकवचनरूपं; अत्र अव्ययवत् कारणार्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन (sg)

• prayāsyāmi: I shall depart; I will go away
• prayāsyāmi: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yā (प्र-या धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन (sg); परस्मैपद

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb of place)

• nāma: indeed; just
• nāma: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/quotative particle)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• te: of you
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (Gen. 6) / चतुर्थी (Dat. 4) एकवचन (sg) रूप; अत्र षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (of you)

• vidhe: O Vidhī (O Brahmā / O ordainer)
• vidhe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m), सम्बोधन (Voc. 8), एकवचन (sg)

• śrūyate: is heard; is said
• śrūyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (sg); आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense: is heard)

• kāma-lubdhasya: of one greedy for desire; lust-driven
• kāma-lubdhasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + lubdha (कृदन्त from lubh धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विषय-सम्बन्ध: कामे लुब्धः); पुंलिङ्ग (m), षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन (sg); विशेषण (genitive)

• hriyā: by shame; out of modesty
• hriyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hrī (ह्री प्रातिपदिक/भाववाचक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f), तृतीया (Instr. 3), एकवचन (sg)

• parihṛtasya: of one who has been shunned/avoided
• parihṛtasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-hṛ (परि-हृ धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग (m), षष्ठी (Gen. 6), एकवचन (sg)

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

Speaker

Unspecified (likely the lamenting female speaker addressing ‘Vidhe’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A departure scene at dawn: the woman (or speaker) walks away with a small bundle, looking back once; behind her, the man stands amid fading shadows labeled ‘kāma’; a subtle feminine aura (Hrī-devī) withdraws from him like a departing light.

Characters & Entities

• Vidhī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When shame and conscience depart, relationships and merit collapse; separation becomes a dharmic response to persistent adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is identified; the verse expresses a resolve to go elsewhere within a pilgrimage-themed textual setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative decision framed as a moral consequence.