Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्रैव नेष्यामः समेताः शर्वरीमिमाम् । गंतव्यं प्रातरुत्थाय ततः सर्वैर्यदृच्छया

Transliteration

tasmādatraiva neṣyāmaḥ sametāḥ śarvarīmimām | gaṃtavyaṃ prātarutthāya tataḥ sarvairyadṛcchayā

Translation

C’est pourquoi demeurons ici tous ensemble et traversons cette nuit. Au matin, après nous être levés, que chacun poursuive sa route selon ce que le destin accordera.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun, Ablative singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• नेष्यामः: we will spend/lead
• नेष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Simple future, 1st person plural, Parasmaipada)

• समेताः: assembled; together
• समेताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु) → समेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past participle, Masculine Nom. Pl.)

• शर्वरीम्: night
• शर्वरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun-adjective, Feminine Accusative singular)

• गन्तव्यम्: (it is) to be gone; one should go
• गन्तव्यम्: Karya (Obligation/कार्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (Gerundive: ‘to be gone/should be gone’)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time: in the morning)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (Gerund: having risen)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Krama (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक अव्यय (sequence adverb)

• सर्वैः: by all (of us)
• सर्वैः: Kartr-sahakari (Agent-associate/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; ‘by all’)

• यदृच्छया: by chance; as it happens; freely
• यदृच्छया: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; adverbial use)

Speaker

Tāpasas (collective decision, reported in narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group settles for the night in a forest clearing, then at dawn disperses along different paths; the composition contrasts night stillness with morning movement.

Characters & Entities

• tāpasas
• rājā (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Community and compassion can harmonize with renunciation; dharma sometimes requires staying, not departing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the chapter’s sacred-forest setting within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies a disciplined routine—resting at night and departing after morning rising.