Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्रैव तिष्ठ त्वं सुतया सहितो नृप । हस्त्यश्वादि च यत्किंचित्तत्सर्वं ते क्षयं गतम्

Transliteration

tasmādatraiva tiṣṭha tvaṃ sutayā sahito nṛpa | hastyaśvādi ca yatkiṃcittatsarvaṃ te kṣayaṃ gatam

Translation

Darum bleibe hier, o König, zusammen mit deiner Tochter. Was immer du besaßest—Elefanten, Pferde und dergleichen—alles ist erschöpft und dem Verderben anheimgefallen.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तिष्ठ: stay; stand
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तम/मध्यम-प्रयोगे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुतया: with (your) daughter
• सुतया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सह्/सह (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हस्ति: elephant
• हस्ति: Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रातिपदिक-रूप (compound member; non-finite in समास)

• अश्व: horse
• अश्व: Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रातिपदिक-रूप (compound member; non-finite in समास)

• आदि: and the like
• आदि: Sambandha (Etc./सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), समुच्चयार्थ/आद्यार्थक (etc.-marker)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• किंचित्: anything at all
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (demonstrative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: for you; of you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dat./Gen.), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षयम्: destruction; loss
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गतम्: has gone; has perished
• गतम्: Kriya (Result-state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); ‘क्षयं गतम्’ = ‘has gone to destruction’

Speaker

Unknown (authoritative advisor to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dispossessed king with his daughter stands at a sacred spot; attendants absent; the mood is stark—symbols of elephants/horses replaced by emptiness; a sage/voice indicates the king should remain there.

Characters & Entities

• nṛpa (king)
• sutā (daughter)
• hasti (elephant)
• aśva (horse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material power and royal resources perish; stability is found by abiding in dharma and in the sacred sphere rather than chasing lost wealth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction “stay here” implies a sanctified location in the chapter’s tīrtha narrative, but the site-name is not provided in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit practice is prescribed, though the directive to remain at the sacred spot suggests pilgrimage-stay (tīrtha-vāsa) as a meritorious act.