Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

आकारयसि मां देव तत्स्याद्यदि मतं मम । अन्यथाहं न यास्यामि तव हर्म्ये कथंचन । एतच्छ्रुत्वा यदिष्टं ते कुरुष्व वृषभध्वज

Transliteration

ākārayasi māṃ deva tatsyādyadi mataṃ mama | anyathāhaṃ na yāsyāmi tava harmye kathaṃcana | etacchrutvā yadiṣṭaṃ te kuruṣva vṛṣabhadhvaja

Translation

Ô Dieu, si mon avis doit prévaloir, ordonne qu’il en soit ainsi. Sinon, je n’irai en aucune façon dans ton palais. Après avoir entendu cela, fais ce qui te plaît, ô Seigneur au drapeau du Taureau (Vṛṣabhadhvaja).

Word by Word

• आकारयसि: you summon / you call
• आकारयसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√कारय् (धातु; √कृ causative)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुं (pronoun), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• देव: O god / O lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• स्यात्: may be / should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• मतम्: opinion / wish
• मतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक; √मन् क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• यास्यामि: I will go
• यास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• हर्म्ये: in (your) palace
• हर्म्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• कथंचन: in any way / at all
• कथंचन: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb; emphatic/indefinite)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• यत्: whatever / that which
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)

• इष्टम्: desired (thing)
• इष्टम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; √इष् क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (singular)

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (singular)

• कुरुष्व: do (it)
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)

• वृषभध्वज: O Bull-bannered one (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ + ध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वृषभस्य ध्वजः)

Speaker

Devī (Pārvatī/Girijā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā (Jāhnavī) as Śiva-held river (Gaṅgādhara-tattva)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A goddess/queen (Umā/Pārvatī implied by ‘sureśvarī’) stands resolute before Śiva, refusing entry to his palace unless her counsel is accepted; Śiva listens, bull-banner visible, calm yet weighty.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Śiva (Vṛṣabhadhvaja)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative teaches that dharmic life involves firm boundaries and clear decisions; harmony is restored through decisive, righteous action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the broader tīrtha-glorification framework of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse is a dialogic turning point urging a corrective resolution.