Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तात गृहं गच्छ स्थिताऽहं चाग्र संश्रये

Transliteration

tasmāttāta gṛhaṃ gaccha sthitā'haṃ cāgra saṃśraye

Translation

„Darum, lieber Vater, geh nach Hause zurück. Ich aber werde hier bleiben und in diesem erhabensten Heiligtum Zuflucht nehmen.“

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक: तद्)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• तात: O father
• तात: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karman (कर्म/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (क्रिया/Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• स्थिताः: remaining
• स्थिताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (standing/remaining)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• अग्रे: in front / ahead
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘अग्रे’ = in front/first

• संश्रये: I take refuge / I stay (under shelter)
• संश्रये: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √श्रि (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

Speaker

A woman ascetic/devotee addressing her father (within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhaṭṭikā gestures gently toward the path home while standing at the entrance of the sanctuary; her father turns back, reassured, as the sacred precinct frames her chosen refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Father (tāta)
• Refuge (saṃśraya)
• Tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Choosing dharma and spiritual refuge at a sacred place can require firm detachment, even from family expectations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “foremost refuge” at a tīrtha is implied, but the explicit name of the site is not given in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is detailed here; it emphasizes remaining at the sacred refuge as a vowed commitment.