Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

नाहं पश्यामि भूपाल कथंचिदपि तूर्ध्वतः । यतो दृष्टिविनिर्दग्धं भस्मसाज्जायतेऽखिलम्

Transliteration

nāhaṃ paśyāmi bhūpāla kathaṃcidapi tūrdhvataḥ | yato dṛṣṭivinirdagdhaṃ bhasmasājjāyate'khilam

Translation

اے بھوپال (اے راجا)، میں کسی طرح بھی اوپر کی طرف نہیں دیکھتا؛ کیونکہ میری نگاہ سے جو کچھ جھلس جائے وہ سب کا سب راکھ بن جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• paśyāmi: see
• paśyāmi: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• bhūpāla: O king
• bhūpāla: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• kathaṃcit: in any way
• kathaṃcit: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcit (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: somehow/by any means)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (even/also)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• ūrdhvataḥ: from above, upwards
• ūrdhvataḥ: Adhikarana (Directional locus)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from above/upwards)

• yataḥ: because/from which
• yataḥ: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: यतस्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (causal/relative: because/from which)

• dṛṣṭi-vinirdagdham: burnt by (his) glance
• dṛṣṭi-vinirdagdham: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + vinirdagdha (निर्दह् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दृष्ट्या विनिर्दग्धम् = ‘burnt by (his) glance’)

• bhasmasāt: to ashes
• bhasmasāt: Gati (Result/state)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhasmasāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: to ashes; bhasman + sāt-प्रयोग)

• jāyate: becomes, is produced
• jāyate: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• akhilam: everything, entire (all)
• akhilam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्व-विशेषण

Speaker

Śani

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant figure warns the king: he never looks upward because his gaze incinerates everything; the atmosphere is tense with contained fire-like energy.

Characters & Entities

• Śani

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great power must be governed by restraint; unchecked potency can destroy indiscriminately.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is character-revelation within the Mahātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse explains the nature of Śani’s gaze and his self-restraint.