Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तव पूजा विहीनानां दिनान्यायांति यांति च । यानि देव मृतानां च तानि यांति न जीवताम्

Transliteration

tava pūjā vihīnānāṃ dinānyāyāṃti yāṃti ca | yāni deva mṛtānāṃ ca tāni yāṃti na jīvatām

Translation

Với những ai không có sự thờ phụng Ngài, ngày tháng chỉ đến rồi đi—hỡi Thiên Thần, như những ngày của kẻ đã chết; những “ngày” ấy thật chẳng thuộc về người đang sống.

Word by Word

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• pūjā: worship
• pūjā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vihīnānām: of those devoid (of worship)
• vihīnānām: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vihīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; 'विहीन' = devoid (qualifying persons)

• dināni: days
• dināni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• āyānti: come
• āyānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√yā (धातु: √yā/या)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; 'आयान्ति' = come

• yānti: go/pass
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु: √yā/या)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; 'यान्ति' = go/pass

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• yāni: which (days)
• yāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• mṛtānām: of the dead
• mṛtānām: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त = dead

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• tāni: those (days)
• tāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• yānti: go/pass
• yānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु: √yā/या)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• jīvatām: of the living
• jīvatām: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīvat (प्रातिपदिक; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त = living (persons)

Speaker

Narrative voice within the Māhātmya (speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Split-scene contrast: on one side, a person neglects worship as days slip by like shadows; on the other, a devotee lights a lamp before Śiva, transforming the same time into luminous, meaningful life.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Śiva (implied by ‘Your worship’ in context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A life without devotion and worship is spiritually barren, equated to lifelessness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-centered discourse of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular pūjā (worship) is implied as essential devotional practice.