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Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

दुर्वासा उवाच । सौमित्रे गच्छ शीघ्रं त्वं रामाग्रे मां निवेदय । कार्यार्थिनमिदं वाक्यं नान्यथा कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

durvāsā uvāca | saumitre gaccha śīghraṃ tvaṃ rāmāgre māṃ nivedaya | kāryārthinamidaṃ vākyaṃ nānyathā kartumarhasi

Translation

Durvāsā sprach: „O Sohn der Sumitrā, geh eilends und melde mich vor Rāma. Ich bin in einer Angelegenheit gekommen; in dieser Bitte darfst du nicht anders handeln.“

Word by Word
दुर्वासाःDurvāsā
दुर्वासाः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्वासा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (Speech verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सौमित्रेO son of Sumitrā (Lakṣmaṇa)
सौमित्रे:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसौमित्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
गच्छgo
गच्छ:
Kriyā (Command/आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
शीघ्रम्quickly
शीघ्रम्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशीघ्रम् (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Implied subject of imperative/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formमध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
रामाग्रेin front of Rama
रामाग्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootराम-अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (rāmasya agre)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
निवेदयannounce, present
निवेदय:
Kriyā (Command/आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-विद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage: 'announce/present'
कार्यार्थिनम्seeking a task/purpose
कार्यार्थिनम्:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकार्य-अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (kāryasya arthī) विशेषण (qualifying 'mām')
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'vākyaṃ')
वाक्यम्statement, message
वाक्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
नnot
न:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
अन्यथाotherwise
अन्यथा:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: otherwise)
कर्तुम्to do
कर्तुम्:
Prayojana/Complement (Infinitival complement/पूरक)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), 'to do'
अर्हसिyou ought, you are fit
अर्हसि:
Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker

Durvāsā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Lakṣmaṇa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā raises a hand in firm injunction, addressing Lakṣmaṇa as ‘Saumitre’; Lakṣmaṇa’s posture tightens, caught between guarding the door and obeying the sage.

Characters & Entities
D
Durvāsā
L
Lakṣmaṇa (Saumitrī)
R
Rāma

FAQs

Dharma recognizes the gravity of serving realized sages; urgency in hospitality can override ordinary protocol, creating tests of duty.

Not directly; the verse advances the story that leads to the Sahasradhārā tīrtha’s celebrated origin in Ayodhyā.

Implicitly, immediate reception of an atithi (guest)—especially a powerful ṛṣi—is indicated, though no formal rite is described.

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