Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

साहसं च विना भूतिर्न कथंचन प्राप्यते । तस्मान्नारद तत्राहमा यास्ये तव वाक्यतः

Transliteration

sāhasaṃ ca vinā bhūtirna kathaṃcana prāpyate | tasmānnārada tatrāhamā yāsye tava vākyataḥ

Translation

Sans courage, la prospérité et l’accomplissement ne s’obtiennent en aucune manière. C’est pourquoi, ô Nārada, j’irai assurément là-bas, selon ta parole.

Word by Word

• sāhasam: boldness; daring
• sāhasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāhasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• vinā: without
• vinā: Sambandha (Prepositional/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vinā (अव्यय)
• Form: वियोग/अभावबोधक अव्यय; तृतीया/द्वितीया-सहयोगी (without)

• bhūtiḥ: prosperity; success
• bhūtiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• kathaṃcana: in any way; at all
• kathaṃcana: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (in any way/at all)

• prāpyate: is obtained
• prāpyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (तद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘therefore/from that’

• nārada: O Nārada
• nārada: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (there)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषवाचक सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• yāsye: will go
• yāsye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (युष्मद् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vākyataḥ: according to (your) word; on your instruction
• vākyataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे (from/according to the word)

Speaker

Hārīta (addressing Nārada)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāranātha (destination implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada is addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A determined pilgrim/kingly figure receives Nārada’s counsel and turns toward a distant sacred landscape, posture upright, eyes fixed, fear dispelled.

Characters & Entities

• Hārīta
• Nārada
• Stambhatīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma and tīrtha-yātrā require courage; spiritual and worldly well-being arises from resolute action guided by wise counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The destination ‘there’ refers to the chapter’s praised sacred site, Stambhatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit prescription: undertake tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage) under the guidance of a sage like Nārada.