Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

करिष्यस्यधुना त्वं च हत्वा वृंदारिकां वने । तस्मादिमां विमुंचाशु सुखप्रासाददेवताम्

Transliteration

kariṣyasyadhunā tvaṃ ca hatvā vṛṃdārikāṃ vane | tasmādimāṃ vimuṃcāśu sukhaprāsādadevatām

Translation

„Und jetzt wolltest du die Tat begehen, Vṛndārikā im Wald zu töten! Darum lass sie sogleich frei—sie ist wie eine Göttin, ein Palast des Heils und der Freude.“

Word by Word

• करिष्यसि: you will do
• करिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: कृ

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), धातु: हन्; ‘having killed’

• वृन्दारिकाम्: Vṛndārikā (a woman)
• वृन्दारिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृन्दारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ/अपादाने प्रयोगः; तस्मात् (ablatival adverb) ‘therefore/from that’

• इमाम्: this (her)
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विमुञ्च: release; set free
• विमुञ्च: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: मुच् (with उपसर्ग वि)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: शीघ्रार्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

• सुख-प्रासाद-देवताम्: the deity of the palace of happiness
• सुख-प्रासाद-देवताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सुखस्य प्रासादस्य देवता)

Speaker

Mādhava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari confronts a rākṣasa in a forest; Vṛndārikā is held captive. Hari’s posture is protective, hand raised in command; the captive woman is depicted as radiant and auspicious, embodying 'palace of happiness'.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛndārikā
• Rākṣasa
• Mādhava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violence against the innocent is a grave adharma; swift protection of the righteous is celebrated as dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself focuses on the rescue episode; the tīrtha is not named explicitly in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.