Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तत्किं पुत्रस्य विप्रेन्द्र नाधिकारः पितुर्धने । यथैवं निष्ठुरैर्वाक्यैर्निर्भर्त्सयसि मां विभो

Transliteration

tatkiṃ putrasya viprendra nādhikāraḥ piturdhane | yathaivaṃ niṣṭhurairvākyairnirbhartsayasi māṃ vibho

Translation

تو پھر، اے برہمنوں میں برتر، کیا بیٹے کا باپ کے مال میں کوئی حق نہیں؟ اے بزرگ، تم مجھے ایسے سخت کلمات سے کیوں ڈانٹتے ہو؟

Word by Word

• तत्: then/that
• तत्: Sambandha (Discourse deictic/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (correlative “that/then”)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma/Predicate (Interrogative complement/प्रश्न)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• पुत्रस्य: of the son
• पुत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• विप्रेन्द्र: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (विप्राणाम् इन्द्रः)

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

• अधिकारः: right/entitlement
• अधिकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhikāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पितुः: of the father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• धने: in the wealth/property
• धने: Adhikaraṇa (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• यथा: how/as
• यथा: Adverbial (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (manner/comparison: “how/as”)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: “thus/in this way”)

• निष्ठुरैः: with harsh
• निष्ठुरैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣṭhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with वाक्यैः)

• वाक्यैः: words/speeches
• वाक्यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• निर्भर्त्सयसि: you rebuke
• निर्भर्त्सयसि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nirbharts (धातु; निर्+√bharts)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Śaṅkha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Likhita (addressed as viprendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A younger man, emotionally strained, questions a stern sage; gestures show protest and confusion; the sage remains composed, indicating dharma’s firmness.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha
• Likhita

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires clarity about rights and boundaries; emotional closeness does not automatically settle questions of ownership.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is a legal-ethical discussion inside a tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it raises a dharma-śāstric question about entitlement.