Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

देयं तालत्रयं सम्यक्सर्वेषां निर्णयोद्भवे

Transliteration

deyaṃ tālatrayaṃ samyaksarveṣāṃ nirṇayodbhave

Translation

Lorsque la décision s’élève comme il convient, qu’on donne (ou qu’on marque) correctement trois tāla pour tous.

Word by Word

• देयम्: to be given; should be given
• देयम्: Predicate (Vidheyaka/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृदन्त; √दा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय/भाव्य (gerundive)

• तालत्रयम्: a set of three tālas (claps/measures)
• तालत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रयम् तालानाम्)

• सम्यक्: properly; correctly
• सम्यक्: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all (persons)
• सर्वेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• निर्णयोद्भवे: at the arising of a decision; when a decision arises
• निर्णयोद्भवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्णय + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (निर्णयस्य उद्भवः)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: assembly of brāhmaṇas and parties to the question

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the moment of decision, an officiant or elder strikes a bell/drum or claps in three measured beats; the gathered brāhmaṇas nod, and the disputants bow, accepting the outcome.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through orderly procedure; even conclusions are marked with recognized, communal signals.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The protocol belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya material of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The use of tālatraya—three formal beats/claps/strikes—when establishing a final decision.