Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

न मे किञ्चिद्धनैः कार्यं न राज्येन नृपोत्तम । चातुर्मास्यव्रतोऽतोऽहं पारणं कर्तृमुत्सहे

Transliteration

na me kiñciddhanaiḥ kāryaṃ na rājyena nṛpottama | cāturmāsyavrato'to'haṃ pāraṇaṃ kartṛmutsahe

Translation

“اے بہترین بادشاہ، مجھے نہ دولت کی حاجت ہے نہ سلطنت کی۔ میں چاتُرمَاسیہ ورت میں ہوں؛ اس لیے میں پارَن (اختتامی طعام) کرنا چاہتا ہوں۔”

Word by Word

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

• मे: for me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/Experiencer)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/पञ्चमी (Genitive/Dative-like enclitic), एकवचन; अत्र = ‘मे’ (for me / of me)

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karta (Impersonal subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित (anything)

• धनैः: with wealth / by riches
• धनैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• कार्यम्: need/concern
• कार्यम्: Karta (Impersonal subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘कार्यं’ = need/concern

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• राज्येन: with a kingdom
• राज्येन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः नृप + उत्तम

• चातुर्मास्यव्रतः: one observing the four-month vow
• चातुर्मास्यव्रतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः चातुर्मास्य (four-month) + व्रत

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/causal adverb) = therefore/for this reason

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पारणम्: breaking of the fast (parāṇa)
• पारणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/उद्देश्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• उत्सहे: I am able / I undertake
• उत्सहे: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√sah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, austere and radiant, declines royal gifts with a calm gesture; the king stands humbled, realizing the sage seeks only vow-completion.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• King
• Cāturmāsya Vrata
• Pāraṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vows (vrata) are to be completed with integrity; spiritual discipline is valued above riches and royal power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shloka highlights vrata-dharma within a tīrthamāhātmya setting; no single tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāturmāsya-vrata and its pāraṇa—properly concluding the vow with an appropriate meal.