Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

करिष्यस्यधुना त्वं च हत्वा वृंदारिकां वने । तस्मादिमां विमुंचाशु सुखप्रासाददेवताम्

Transliteration

kariṣyasyadhunā tvaṃ ca hatvā vṛṃdārikāṃ vane | tasmādimāṃ vimuṃcāśu sukhaprāsādadevatām

Translation

«Et maintenant tu commettrais l’acte de tuer Vṛndārikā dans la forêt ! C’est pourquoi, relâche-la sur-le-champ : elle est telle une déesse, un palais de bon augure et de joie.»

Word by Word

• करिष्यसि: you will do
• करिष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: कृ

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), धातु: हन्; ‘having killed’

• वृन्दारिकाम्: Vṛndārikā (a woman)
• वृन्दारिकाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृन्दारिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ/अपादाने प्रयोगः; तस्मात् (ablatival adverb) ‘therefore/from that’

• इमाम्: this (her)
• इमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विमुञ्च: release; set free
• विमुञ्च: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: मुच् (with उपसर्ग वि)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: शीघ्रार्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

• सुख-प्रासाद-देवताम्: the deity of the palace of happiness
• सुख-प्रासाद-देवताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक) + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सुखस्य प्रासादस्य देवता)

Speaker

Mādhava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari confronts a rākṣasa in a forest; Vṛndārikā is held captive. Hari’s posture is protective, hand raised in command; the captive woman is depicted as radiant and auspicious, embodying 'palace of happiness'.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛndārikā
• Rākṣasa
• Mādhava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violence against the innocent is a grave adharma; swift protection of the righteous is celebrated as dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself focuses on the rescue episode; the tīrtha is not named explicitly in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.