Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

येन ते कृत्स्नशः कृत्यं प्रकरोमि यथोदितम्

Transliteration

yena te kṛtsnaśaḥ kṛtyaṃ prakaromi yathoditam

Translation

„Damit ich, wie du es gebietest, deine Aufgabe vollständig und ganz ausführen kann.“

Word by Word

• yena: by which / so that
• yena: Karana/Hetu (by which/so that)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (genitive: your)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kṛtsnaśaḥ: completely, in full
• kṛtsnaśaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (adverb of prakaromi)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛtsnaśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb: wholly, entirely)

• kṛtyam: duty, task
• kṛtyam: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• prakaromi: I perform, I carry out
• prakaromi: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम

• yathā-uditam: as stated/according to what was said
• yathā-uditam: Kriya-visheshana (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + udita (उद्-इ धातु/उद्-√i?; रूढ ‘उदित’ = ‘said’)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (as stated)

Speaker

Devī (continuation of her speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, composed and resolute, offers assent—hands in a gesture of readiness (vara/abhaya or añjali), indicating she will execute the task fully as spoken.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True power is guided by obedience to dharma and right instruction—service aligned to divine purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is mentioned in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an affirmation of intent and readiness.