Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
तस्मात्त्वं मम वाक्येन राक्षसो भव मा चिरम्
Transliteration
tasmāttvaṃ mama vākyena rākṣaso bhava mā ciram
Translation
Darum, durch mein Wort, werde unverzüglich zu einem Rākṣasa.
Word by Word
tasmāttherefore
tasmāt:
Hetu/Anvaya (हेतु/निगमन)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottasmāt (अव्यय/तद्-प्रयोग)
Formअव्ययवत् प्रयोग (ablatival adverb): ‘therefore/from that reason’
tvaṃyou
tvaṃ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
mamamy
mama:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘my’
vākyenaby (my) command
vākyena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootvākya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘by (my) word/command’
rākṣasaḥa demon
rākṣasaḥ:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (विधेय/Predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootrākṣasa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)
bhavabecome
bhava:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootbhū (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘become’
mādo not
mā:
Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootmā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निषेध (prohibitive particle used with imperative): ‘do not’
ciramfor long
ciram:
Kāla (काल/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootcira (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचन (adverbial accusative): ‘for long/long time’
Speaker
prasthātā (officiating priest)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: At the priest’s utterance, the youth’s form begins to darken and distort—limbs lengthen, eyes redden—signaling the onset of rākṣasa transformation amid the halted yajña.
Characters & Entities
R
rākṣasaFAQs
Abuse of sacred contexts invites swift consequence; speech rooted in ritual authority is portrayed as potent and immediate.
No tīrtha is named in this line; it functions as a turning point in the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None directly; it underscores the seriousness of violating sacrificial propriety.