Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तद्दर्शनार्थाय गम्यतां तत्र मा चिरम् । येन सन्दर्शनं याति द्वाभ्यामपि स चक्रधृक्

Transliteration

tasmāttaddarśanārthāya gamyatāṃ tatra mā ciram | yena sandarśanaṃ yāti dvābhyāmapi sa cakradhṛk

Translation

Darum lasst uns, um Ihn zu schauen, sogleich dorthin gehen, ohne Verzug. Indem wir dorthin gelangen, werden wir beide den gesegneten Darśana des Herrn, des Diskusträgers (Cakradhṛk), erlangen.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्-दर्शन-अर्थाय: for the purpose of seeing him/that
• तत्-दर्शन-अर्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तस्य दर्शनस्य अर्थः)

• गम्यताम्: let (one) go / one should go
• गम्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative: 'let it be gone/one should go')

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• मा: do not
• मा: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम्: for long / long (delay)
• चिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचनवत्; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: for long)

• येन: by which/whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सन्-दर्शनम्: a sight/vision (meeting)
• सन्-दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• याति: attains/goes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्वाभ्याम्: by the two (of them)
• द्वाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचन-रूप (dual), तृतीया/पञ्चमी/षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति-एकरूप (Instr/Abl/Gen/Loc Dual); अत्र तृतीया (by the two)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• चक्र-धृक्: the discus-bearer (Vishnu)
• चक्र-धृक्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + धृ (धातु) → धृक् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (चक्रं धारयति इति)

Speaker

Narrative voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya episode (context suggests a companion urging immediate darśana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Cakradhara/Jalaśāyī darśana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A companion addressed in dual (‘both of us’), within the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two devotees/sages resolve to depart immediately, pointing toward the sacred kṣetra; the emblem of the discus-bearing Lord is evoked as their destination.

Characters & Entities

• Cakradhṛk (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Do not delay dharmic pilgrimage; prompt movement toward divine darśana itself becomes a cause of merit and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the tīrtha where the Discus-bearing Lord is to be seen; the precise place-name is supplied by the surrounding Adhyāya 80 narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the instruction is yātrā (going) for darśana.