Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यद्येवं तद्गृहं गच्छ वीक्षयस्व निजात्मजम् । सखीनामर्पयित्वाथ भूय आगमनं कुरु

Transliteration

yadyevaṃ tadgṛhaṃ gaccha vīkṣayasva nijātmajam | sakhīnāmarpayitvātha bhūya āgamanaṃ kuru

Translation

“If that is so, then go to your home and look upon your own child. After entrusting him to your companions, return here again.”

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha/Condition marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (conditional particle)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/in that way)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (that)

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वीक्षयस्व: look/see
• वीक्षयस्व: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• निज-आत्मजम्: your own son
• निज-आत्मजम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (निजः आत्मजः = one’s own son)

• सखीनाम्: of (your) friends
• सखीनाम्: Sampradana/Related (सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• अर्पयित्वा: having entrusted
• अर्पयित्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्पय् (अर्प् caus.) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), causative sense (having entrusted/handed over)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Sequence marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (again)

• आगमनम्: return/coming back
• आगमनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुरु: do/make
• कुरु: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vyāghra (tiger)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The tiger, now composed, gestures toward the path to Nandinī’s home, granting leave; Nandinī stands poised between fear and resolve, the unseen child’s presence felt as the story’s emotional center.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāghra (tiger)
• Nandinī
• child/son (vatsa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in danger, dharma is upheld through truthfulness, restraint, and honoring a pledged return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the immediate shloka continues a sacred-place narrative rather than naming a distinct tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated here; it emphasizes ethical conduct within a tīrtha narrative.