I started a next.js full stack project and I was installing shadcn-ui than while doing it I faced the error

when I tried to install shadcn-ui by typing
npx shadcn-ui@latest init

I got the error message

node:fs:601
  handleErrorFromBinding(ctx);
  ^

Error: package.json: ENOENT: no such file or directory, open 'package.json'
    at Object.openSync (node:fs:601:3)
    at Object.readFileSync (node:fs:469:35)
    at Object.readFileSync (C:UserssmaraAppDataLocalnpm-cache_npx125ee17d583c4e03node_modulesjsonfileindex.js:50:22)
    at _e (file:///C:/Users/smara/AppData/Local/npm-cache/_npx/125ee17d583c4e03/node_modules/shadcn-ui/dist/index.js:245:5248)
    at _t (file:///C:/Users/smara/AppData/Local/npm-cache/_npx/125ee17d583c4e03/node_modules/shadcn-ui/dist/index.js:245:5379)
    at file:///C:/Users/smara/AppData/Local/npm-cache/_npx/125ee17d583c4e03/node_modules/shadcn-ui/dist/index.js:245:5606
    at ModuleJob.run (node:internal/modules/esm/module_job:194:25) {
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'open',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'package.json'
}

please help me with this