Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वं गच्छ राजेंद्र स्वगृहं प्रति सांप्रतम् । मम वाक्यादसंदिग्धमेतदेव भविष्यति

Transliteration

tasmāttvaṃ gaccha rājeṃdra svagṛhaṃ prati sāṃpratam | mama vākyādasaṃdigdhametadeva bhaviṣyati

Translation

C’est pourquoi, ô seigneur des rois, retourne maintenant dans ta demeure. Par l’autorité de ma parole, sans aucun doute, cela seul adviendra.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति पञ्चमी-एकवचन-रूपं कारणार्थे अव्ययवत् (ablatival: 'therefore/from that')

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राजेन्द्र: O lord of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः (lord of kings)

• स्वगृहं: to your own house
• स्वगृहं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-गृह (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः: स्वं गृहं (one’s own house)

• प्रति: towards, to
• प्रति: Sambandha (Directional/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/पूर्वसर्ग-स्वरूपेण तथा उपपद (preposition)

• सांप्रतम्: now
• सांप्रतम्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वाक्यात्: from (because of) the word/statement
• वाक्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (Source/Reason/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असंदिग्धम्: undoubted, certain
• असंदिग्धम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-संदिग्ध (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग-निषेध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with एतत्)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• भविष्यति: will happen, will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (the Lord/deity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord gestures toward the path home; the king bows, preparing to depart; the sacred precinct remains luminous, suggesting the promise will unfold.

Characters & Entities

• rājā
• Bhagavān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith in the deity’s promise is upheld as certain; divine speech is presented as unfailing truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction occurs in the Miṣṭānnadeśvara/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya sequence of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated; it is a directive to the king to return home, trusting the boon.