Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

वृत्र उवाच । यावत्तिष्ठति सुत्रामा तावन्नास्ति सुखं मम । तस्मान्निष्कंटकार्थाय यतिष्येऽहं द्विजोत्तम

Transliteration

vṛtra uvāca | yāvattiṣṭhati sutrāmā tāvannāsti sukhaṃ mama | tasmānniṣkaṃṭakārthāya yatiṣye'haṃ dvijottama

Translation

Vṛtra sprach: „Solange Sutrāmā (Indra) besteht, gibt es für mich kein Glück. Darum werde ich mich bemühen, um alles dornenfrei (ohne Rivalen) zu machen, o Bester der Zweimalgeborenen.“

Word by Word

• वृत्रः: Vṛtra
• वृत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धाव्यय (correlative adverb: 'as long as')

• तिष्ठति: stands/remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुत्रामा: Sutrāmā (Indra)
• सुत्रामा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत्रामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (इन्द्रस्य नाम)

• तावत्: so long
• तावत्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धाव्यय (correlative adverb: 'so long/that long')

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधाव्यय (negation particle)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुखम्: happiness/comfort
• सुखम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive pronoun)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ अव्ययप्रयोगः (ablatival adverbial: 'therefore/from that')

• निष्कण्टक-अर्थाय: for the purpose of removing obstacles
• निष्कण्टक-अर्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्कण्टक (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (निष्कण्टकस्य अर्थः = 'for the purpose of making thornless/obstacle-free')

• यतिष्ये: I will strive/endeavor
• यतिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (personal pronoun)

• द्विजोत्तम: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (उत्तमः द्विजः)

Speaker

Vṛtra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Naimiṣāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śukra (implied by continuation) / addressed as ‘dvijottama’

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vṛtra, the asura leader, speaks with clenched resolve, framing Indra (Sutrāmā) as the ‘thorn’ preventing his happiness; the setting hints at a hermitage discourse with a brāhmaṇa-sage.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛtra
• Indra (Sutrāmā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A mind bound to enmity cannot find peace; inner contentment is impossible while one seeks happiness through eliminating others.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a resolve to act, not a ritual instruction.