Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

यदि यास्यामहे तत्र त्वया सार्धं पुरंदर । अस्माकं स्वजनाः सर्वे रागद्वेषपरायणाः

Transliteration

yadi yāsyāmahe tatra tvayā sārdhaṃ puraṃdara | asmākaṃ svajanāḥ sarve rāgadveṣaparāyaṇāḥ

Translation

“If we go there with you, O Purandara, all our own people are devoted to passion and hatred.”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्ययम् (conditional particle)

• यास्यामहे: we shall go
• यास्यामहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुषः (1st person), बहुवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• त्वया: with you; by you
• त्वया: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्ययम् (together with)

• पुरंदर: O Purandara (Indra)
• पुरंदर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरंदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे संबोधन-विभक्तिः (8th/Vocative), एकवचनम्

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• स्वजनाः: kinsmen; one's own people
• स्वजनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• रागद्वेषपरायणाः: devoted to attachment and hatred
• रागद्वेषपरायणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राग + द्वेष + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (स्वजनाः इति)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Purandara (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas speak to Purandara with folded hands, expressing concern; behind them, shadowy figures symbolize rāga and dveṣa pulling at family ties; the road to the tīrtha is visible but clouded by doubt.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Purandara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rāga and dveṣa in one’s community can obstruct spiritual progress; holy travel requires a supportive, dharmic environment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references ‘there’ within the ongoing Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; the site name is not stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is prescribed; it highlights inner and social impediments to dharmic living near a sacred place.