Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति नैवाहं श्रद्दधेऽस्य वचः क्वचित् । तस्माद्गच्छामहे तत्र यत्र तिष्ठति ते पतिः

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti naivāhaṃ śraddadhe'sya vacaḥ kvacit | tasmādgacchāmahe tatra yatra tiṣṭhati te patiḥ

Translation

„Seit jener Zeit habe ich seinen Worten niemals, zu keiner Stunde, geglaubt. Darum lasst uns dorthin gehen, wo dein Gemahl weilt.“

Word by Word

• ततःप्रभृति: from that time onward
• ततःप्रभृति: Adverbial (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः + प्रभृति (अव्यय-समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; काल/आरम्भवाचक-अव्यय (from then onwards)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• एव: indeed, at all
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; एकवचन; प्रथमा

• श्रद्दधे: I trusted, I believed
• श्रद्दधे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रद् + धा (धातु; श्रद्धा-करणे)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अस्य: of this (person)
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन

• वचः: word, speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative) एकवचन

• क्वचित्: ever, at any time
• क्वचित्: Adverbial (काल/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (at any time/anywhere)

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पञ्चमी (Ablative) एकवचन

• गच्छामहे: we go, let us go
• गच्छामहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); उत्तमपुरुष; बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• तिष्ठति: stands, stays
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन

• पतिः: husband
• पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (Nominative) एकवचन

Speaker

Sāvitrī (continuing her counsel to Pārvatī/Gaurī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī declares she has not trusted Nārada since then and urges immediate travel to the place where the husband resides.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Pārvatī (Gaurī)
• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma favors direct verification over agitation caused by doubtful speech; clarity is sought by going to the source.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates a destination (‘where your husband is’), but does not name the tīrtha explicitly in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.