Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

नाहं राज्यं करिष्यामि त्रैलोक्येऽपि कथंचन । पश्य मे यादृशी जाता ह्यवस्था गौतमान्मुनेः

Transliteration

nāhaṃ rājyaṃ kariṣyāmi trailokye'pi kathaṃcana | paśya me yādṛśī jātā hyavasthā gautamānmuneḥ

Translation

“Ta quyết chẳng nhận ngôi vương—dẫu trong cả ba cõi—không đời nào. Hãy nhìn xem thân phận ta đã thành ra thế này, bởi bậc hiền thánh Gautama.”

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (particle of negation)

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

• rājyam: kingship, rule
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kariṣyāmi: I will do / undertake
• kariṣyāmi: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• trailokye: in the three worlds
• trailokye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः लोकाः)

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Particle relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• kathaṃcana: in any manner, at all
• kathaṃcana: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक अव्यय (indefinite adverb: in any way)

• paśya: see! look!
• paśya: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• yādṛśī: such as, of what kind
• yādṛśī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yādṛśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jātā: has become, arisen
• jātā: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रियापद-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jan (धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• avasthā: condition, state
• avasthā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avasthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• gautamāt: from Gautama
• gautamāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• muneḥ: of the sage
• muneḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (Purandara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra refuses kingship of the three worlds, gesturing to his diminished state; Bṛhaspati listens as guru, the devas watch anxiously.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Purandara)
• Gautama (sage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine power bows before a sage’s moral authority; wrongdoing brings consequences that can humble the proud.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the focus is on the ethical cause (the sage’s curse) that drives the later resolution.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse signals the need for appeasement/atonement that is usually fulfilled through prescribed acts later.