Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

दुर्वासा उवाच । सौमित्रे गच्छ शीघ्रं त्वं रामाग्रे मां निवेदय । कार्यार्थिनमिदं वाक्यं नान्यथा कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

durvāsā uvāca | saumitre gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ rāmāgre māṃ nivedaya | kāryārthinamidaṃ vākyaṃ nānyathā kartumarhasi

Translation

দুর্বাসাই ক’লে: হে সৌমিত্ৰে, তই শীঘ্ৰে গৈ ৰামৰ আগত মোৰ কথা জনা। মই কাৰ্য্যৰ বাবে আহিছোঁ; এই অনুৰোধত তই অন্যথা কৰিব নোৱাৰিবি।

Word by Word

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Speech verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सौमित्रे: O son of Sumitrā (Lakṣmaṇa)
• सौमित्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौमित्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriyā (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्रम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Implied subject of imperative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रामाग्रे: in front of Rama
• रामाग्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (rāmasya agre)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• निवेदय: announce, present
• निवेदय: Kriyā (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage: 'announce/present'

• कार्यार्थिनम्: seeking a task/purpose
• कार्यार्थिनम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य-अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (kāryasya arthī) विशेषण (qualifying 'mām')

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'vākyaṃ')

• वाक्यम्: statement, message
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: otherwise)

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana/Complement (Infinitival complement/पूरक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), 'to do'

• अर्हसि: you ought, you are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lakṣmaṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā raises a hand in firm injunction, addressing Lakṣmaṇa as ‘Saumitre’; Lakṣmaṇa’s posture tightens, caught between guarding the door and obeying the sage.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī)
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma recognizes the gravity of serving realized sages; urgency in hospitality can override ordinary protocol, creating tests of duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; the verse advances the story that leads to the Sahasradhārā tīrtha’s celebrated origin in Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, immediate reception of an atithi (guest)—especially a powerful ṛṣi—is indicated, though no formal rite is described.