Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

तदा यास्ये गृहं पुत्र निश्चयोऽयं मया कृतः

Transliteration

tadā yāsye gṛhaṃ putra niścayo'yaṃ mayā kṛtaḥ

Translation

„Dann werde ich heimgehen, mein Sohn — diesen Entschluss habe ich gefasst.“

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: then)

• yāsye: I shall go
• yāsye: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular)

• gṛham: to the house
• gṛham: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• niścayaḥ: decision
• niścayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Visheshana (Demonstrative/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• kṛtaḥ: made
• kṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); भूतकृत्-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), विधेय-भाव (predicative)

Speaker

Āhilyā (continued context from the preceding verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (implied)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āhilyā addresses her son with composed strength, hand slightly raised in assurance; the road to the Śiva shrine lies ahead, suggesting determination without agitation.

Characters & Entities

• Āhilyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow becomes spiritually potent when held with unwavering resolve (niścaya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Hāṭakeśvara sacred setting within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The observance of a conditional vow linked to deity-darśana.