Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

श्रीमार्कंडेय उवाच । यद्येवं मुनिशार्दूल कुरुष्व वचनं मम । सप्तद्वीपवतीं पृथ्वीं मा त्यक्त्वा कुत्रचिद्व्रज

Transliteration

śrīmārkaṃḍeya uvāca | yadyevaṃ muniśārdūla kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama | saptadvīpavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ mā tyaktvā kutracidvraja

Translation

শ্রী মার্কণ্ডেয় বললেন—যদি তাই হয়, হে মুনিশার্দূল, তবে আমার কথা পালন করো। সপ্তদ্বীপবতী এই পৃথিবী ত্যাগ করে অন্যত্র যেয়ো না।

Word by Word

• श्रीमार्कण्डेयः: Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
• श्रीमार्कण्डेयः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + मार्कण्डेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् मार्कण्डेयः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• मुनिशार्दूल: O tiger among sages
• मुनिशार्दूल: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनां शार्दूलः)

• कुरुष्व: do / perform
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वचनम्: word; instruction
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• सप्तद्वीपवतीम्: having seven continents
• सप्तद्वीपवतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक) + वत्/वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (सप्त द्वीपाः यस्याः सा)

• पृथ्वीम्: the earth
• पृथ्वीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); ‘having abandoned’

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्र (अव्यय) + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (indefinite adverb: somewhere/anywhere)

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muniśārdūla (addressed sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya, serene and authoritative, instructs a great sage not to depart the earth; behind them a symbolic map-like vista of oceans and dvīpas, suggesting the saptadvīpa cosmos.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Viśvāmitra (addressed)
• saptadvīpa earth

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In moments of discouragement, guidance from a realized sage redirects effort toward the precise, grace-filled remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The site is about to be disclosed; this verse is the preface to naming Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical injunction: do not renounce the world in despair; instead, follow the sage’s forthcoming tīrtha-instruction.