Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

नन्दिन्युवाच । एते मां ये बलात्पापा नयंति नृपसेवकाः । तान्निघ्नन्तु समादेशान्नान्यद्वांछामि किंचन

Transliteration

nandinyuvāca | ete māṃ ye balātpāpā nayaṃti nṛpasevakāḥ | tānnighnantu samādeśānnānyadvāṃchāmi kiṃcana

Translation

Nandinī sprach: „Diese sündigen Diener des Königs, die mich mit Gewalt fortschleppen—auf Befehl sollen sie erschlagen werden. Nichts anderes begehre ich.“

Word by Word

• nandinī: Nandinī
• nandinī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ete: these
• ete: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अस्मद्-प्रत्यय

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• balāt: by force
• balāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग/तद्धितान्त-अव्यय; पञ्चमी-अर्थे (by force/forcibly)

• pāpāḥ: sinful, wicked
• pāpāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• nayanti: lead away, take
• nayanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (नी धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• nṛpa-sevakāḥ: king’s servants
• nṛpa-sevakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + sevaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नृपस्य सेवकाः = servants of the king)

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• nighnantu: let (them) kill, strike down
• nighnantu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (हन् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• samādeśāt: by (my) command
• samādeśāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samādeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘by/at the command’

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• anyat: anything else
• anyat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘anything else’

• vāṃchāmi: I desire
• vāṃchāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vāñch (वाञ्छ् धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• kiṃcana: anything (at all)
• kiṃcana: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kiṃcana (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित/सामान्यवाचक (anything)

Speaker

Nandinī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king addressed as ‘mahārāja’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandinī speaks with calm authority yet fierce resolve, commanding the manifested warriors to strike down the king’s sinful servants who drag her away by force.

Characters & Entities

• Nandinī
• nṛpasevakāḥ (king’s servants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma committed through coercion invites immediate consequence; righteous protection is portrayed as divinely sanctioned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as part of the broader tīrtha-narrative in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse expresses a protective command within the story.