Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अहं त्वां रक्षयिष्यामि व्याधेरस्मात्सुदारुणात् । अत्र तस्मात्प्रतीक्षस्व कञ्चित्कालं ममाज्ञया

Transliteration

ahaṃ tvāṃ rakṣayiṣyāmi vyādherasmātsudāruṇāt | atra tasmātpratīkṣasva kañcitkālaṃ mamājñayā

Translation

„Ich werde dich vor dieser überaus schrecklichen Krankheit behüten. Darum bleibe hier und warte eine Weile, nach meinem Gebot.“

Word by Word

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

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• rakṣayiṣyāmi: I will protect
• rakṣayiṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vyādheḥ: of the disease
• vyādheḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; विशेषण (from this)

• su-dāruṇāt: from the very dreadful (one)
• su-dāruṇāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (सुदारुण = very terrible)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb) = therefore/from that reason

• pratīkṣasva: wait
• pratīkṣasva: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• kañcit: some
• kañcit: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-विशेषण (some)

• kālam: time
• kālam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ājñayā: by (my) command
• ājñayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājñā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Pārthiva (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king places a protective boundary—guards or a cordon—around the brāhmaṇa; the brāhmaṇa sits calmly, awaiting; the threatening aura recedes slightly under royal resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Pārthiva (king)
• Vyādhi (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is enacted through responsibility—protection, patience, and decisive action aligned with sacred purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative centers on the local kṣetra where the king undertakes measures to remove affliction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A preparatory instruction: remain at the site while the king performs the required spiritual undertaking.