Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

वधबन्धादिकं कर्म ते करिष्यंत्यसंशयम् । तस्मादन्यत्र गच्छामो गृहीत्वा रजनीमिमाम्

Transliteration

vadhabandhādikaṃ karma te kariṣyaṃtyasaṃśayam | tasmādanyatra gacchāmo gṛhītvā rajanīmimām

Translation

« Sans nul doute, ils infligeront des actes tels que coups et liens. C’est pourquoi allons ailleurs, emportant cette nuit même (partons sur-le-champ). »

Word by Word

• वधबन्धादिकम्: (acts) like killing, binding, etc.
• वधबन्धादिकम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध + बन्ध + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वधबन्धादि = killing, binding, etc.); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्म इति)

• कर्म: deed; action
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अव्ययप्राय (undoubtedly)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति पञ्चमी-रूपम्; हेत्वर्थे अव्ययवत् (therefore/from that reason)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (elsewhere)

• गच्छामः: we go; let us go
• गच्छामः: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘गृहीत्वा’ = having taken

• रजनीम्: night
• रजनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (रजनीम् इति)

Speaker

Śuddhaka (within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīlī (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: family members (wife and sons) within the story; overarching listener is ‘dvijottama’ in the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense night scene: family hurriedly gathering, shadows on walls, the man urging immediate departure; distant silhouettes of Brahmins/people who may pursue.

Characters & Entities

• Śuddhaka
• implied Brahmins/authorities

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fear-driven flight is a common human response, but Purāṇic narratives typically lead from fear toward repentance and dharmic correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No new site is named; the context remains the Nīlī-related incident within the tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes anticipated social/legal consequences (punishment) rather than a rite.