Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

युद्धकाले समुत्पन्ने भक्तानां नात्र संशयः । प्रस्थानं वा प्रवेशं च यः करिष्यति मानवः

Transliteration

yuddhakāle samutpanne bhaktānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | prasthānaṃ vā praveśaṃ ca yaḥ kariṣyati mānavaḥ

Translation

Wenn die Zeit der Schlacht heraufzieht, gibt es für die Frommen keinen Zweifel. Jeder Mensch, der sich anschickt aufzubrechen — oder einzutreten (in einen Ort oder ein Vorhaben)…

Word by Word

• युद्धकाले: at the time of battle
• युद्धकाले: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध-काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (युद्धस्य कालः)

• समुत्पन्ने: having arisen, occurring
• समुत्पन्ने: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उत्-पद्/पद् (धातु) → समुत्पन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), सप्तमी, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (Locative Singular; agreeing with काले)

• भक्तानाम्: of devotees
• भक्तानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; भज् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negative particle)

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• प्रस्थानम्: departure, setting out
• प्रस्थानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) → प्रस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• प्रवेशम्: entry
• प्रवेशम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) → प्रवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; relative pronoun)

• करिष्यति: will do, will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject; apposition to यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler and a warrior pause at a gateway—one at the edge of a battlefield, another at the entrance to a sacred precinct—both turning inward in devotion, dispelling doubt.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaktāḥ (devotees)
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Before risky transitions—battle, departure, entry—devotees should rely on Devī, removing doubt and fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Vindhyavāsinī-centered tīrtha narrative within Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A preparatory devotional act is implied, completed explicitly in the next verse (remembering, bowing, and worship).