Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

तस्माद्गच्छ द्रुतं तत्र मया सार्धं नगात्मज । न चेद्वज्रप्रहारेण करिष्यामि सहस्रधा

Transliteration

tasmādgaccha drutaṃ tatra mayā sārdhaṃ nagātmaja | na cedvajraprahāreṇa kariṣyāmi sahasradhā

Translation

Darum geh eilends dorthin mit mir, o Geborener des Berges; sonst werde ich dich mit einem Schlag des Vajra in tausend Stücke zerschmettern.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore / from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma (Pronoun), Puṃliṅga/Neuter (contextual), Pañcamī-vibhakti (Ablative, 5th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• gaccha: go
• gaccha: Kriyā (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative), Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada

• drutam: quickly
• drutam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverb: quickly)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-avyaya (locative adverb)

• mayā: with me / by me
• mayā: Sahakārī (Accompaniment/ सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma (Pronoun), Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakārī (Accompaniment/ सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; sahārtha (prepositional adverb: together with)

• naga-ātmaja: O mountain-born (son of the mountain)
• naga-ātmaja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naga (प्रातिपदिक) + ātmaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa: ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘son of the mountain’; Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Sambodhana (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; niṣedha (negation particle)

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha (condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; śarthe (conditional particle: if)

• vajra-prahāreṇa: with a thunderbolt-strike
• vajra-prahāreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra (प्रातिपदिक) + prahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa: tṛtīyā-tatpuruṣa/ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa sense ‘blow of/with the thunderbolt’; Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Tṛtīyā-vibhakti (Instrumental, 3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• kariṣyāmi: I will do / I will make
• kariṣyāmi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Simple Future), Uttama-puruṣa (1st person), Ekavacana (Singular), Parasmaipada

• sahasradhā: into a thousand pieces / a thousandfold
• sahasradhā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Result/manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasradhā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; saṃkhyā-avyaya (numeral adverb: into a thousand parts/ways)

Speaker

Indra (Śakra) (deduced; vajra is Indra’s weapon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, holding the vajra, commands the mountain-born being to move quickly with him; the thunderbolt glints, implying the threat of shattering into a thousand pieces if disobeyed.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (implied)
• Vajra
• Nagātmaja (mountain-born)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine will compels the establishment of sacred order; resistance to dharma’s unfolding is portrayed as futile before cosmic authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the origin-setting episode for the local tīrtha-field in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Adhyāya 9 (the ‘there’ where the sacred developments will occur).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative command that advances the tīrtha’s founding episode.