Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

भट्टिका तु ततो हृष्टा प्रणम्य जनकं निजम् । नाहं गृहं गमिष्यामि किं करिष्याम्यहं गृहे

Transliteration

bhaṭṭikā tu tato hṛṣṭā praṇamya janakaṃ nijam | nāhaṃ gṛhaṃ gamiṣyāmi kiṃ kariṣyāmyahaṃ gṛhe

Translation

Bấy giờ Bhaṭṭikā hoan hỷ, đảnh lễ cha mình và thưa: “Con sẽ không về nhà. Ở chốn gia thất, con biết làm gì đây?”

Word by Word

• भट्टिका: Bhaṭṭikā (a woman named Bhaṭṭikā)
• भट्टिका: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भट्टिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: then/from that)

• हृष्टा: delighted
• हृष्टा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रणम्य (कृदन्त; √नम् (धातु) + ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having bowed

• जनकम्: father
• जनकम्: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• निजम्: one's own
• निजम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (जनकम्-विशेषण)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

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

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karman (कर्म/Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गमिष्यामि: I will go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• करिष्यामि: will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

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

• गृहे: at home
• गृहे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Bhaṭṭikā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhaṭṭikā, radiant with resolve, bows at her father’s feet near the tīrtha-bank, refusing household life; townspeople and the sacred landscape frame her renunciant choice.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭikā
• janaka (father)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is firmly realized, one may choose a higher life of dedication; inner calling can outweigh ordinary social return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha tied to Bhaṭṭikā’s name and purity; her resolve reinforces the sanctity and enduring fame of the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly in this verse; it expresses a personal vow-like decision to not resume household life.