Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

त्वां च बद्ध्वा दृढैः पाशैर्निगडैश्च सुसंयतम् । कारासंस्थं करिष्यामि सद्य एव न संशयः

Transliteration

tvāṃ ca baddhvā dṛḍhaiḥ pāśairnigaḍaiśca susaṃyatam | kārāsaṃsthaṃ kariṣyāmi sadya eva na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

وأنت أيضاً، سأقيدك بحبال وأغلال متينة، وسألقي بك في السجن في هذا اليوم عينه؛ لا شك في ذلك.

Word by Word

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; लिङ्ग-अनिश्चित (pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बद्ध्वा: having bound
• बद्ध्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bound’

• दृढैः: with firm
• दृढैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पाशैः: with nooses/ropes
• पाशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• निगडैः: with fetters/shackles
• निगडैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निगड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुसंयतम्: well-restrained
• सुसंयतम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + सम् + यम् (धातु) → सुसंयत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘well-restrained/bound’ (त्वाम् इति कर्मणि विशेषण)

• कारासंस्थम्: kept in prison
• कारासंस्थम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कारा (प्रातिपदिक) + संस्थ (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कायां/कारायां संस्थः = ‘situated in prison’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (त्वाम् इति कर्मणि विशेषण)

• करिष्यामि: I will make/do
• करिष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Kuśa (king) (contextual, inferred)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern royal figure or officer threatens an envoy: ropes and iron fetters are shown; a prison gate looms, emphasizing urgency and fear before the journey to the sacred Setu.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous governance includes restraint and accountability; adharma is not indulged but bound and corrected.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in the verse itself; the larger passage belongs to the Rāmeśvara–Setu tīrtha setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.