Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तत्र प्रगंतव्यं युष्माभिस्तु मया सह । ईर्ष्याधर्मं न युष्माभिस्ते करिष्यंति नागराः

Transliteration

tasmāttatra pragaṃtavyaṃ yuṣmābhistu mayā saha | īrṣyādharmaṃ na yuṣmābhiste kariṣyaṃti nāgarāḥ

Translation

C’est pourquoi vous devez vous y rendre avec moi. Les gens de la cité ne pratiqueront pas envers vous le « dharma de la jalousie ».

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-प्रयोगे अव्ययीभाव (ablatival adverb): ‘therefore/from that’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• प्रगन्तव्यम्: it should be gone to; one must go
• प्रगन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√गम् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory): ‘to be gone/should be gone’ (कर्तरि/कर्मणि भावे)

• युष्माभिः: by you (pl.)
• युष्माभिः: Karta (Agent of obligation/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधार्थक

• मया: with me / by me
• मया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सहार्थक

• ईर्ष्याधर्मम्: jealous conduct
• ईर्ष्याधर्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईर्ष्या (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—ईर्ष्यायाः धर्मः/ईर्ष्यात्मकः धर्मः (conduct of jealousy)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• युष्माभिः: by you (pl.)
• युष्माभिः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नागराः: the townspeople/citizens
• नागराः: Karta (Apposition to ते/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group of pilgrims sets out with the narrator/guide; townspeople greet them without envy—offering water, directions, and respectful gestures; the city’s sacred skyline in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Nāgarāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sanctified kṣetra supports dharmic harmony; with divine guidance, envy and hostility are pacified.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The destination is the Hāṭakeśvara kṣetra referenced throughout the adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is to undertake yātrā (to proceed to the kṣetra), implying pilgrimage as a dharmic act.