Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तदत्र विषये पुत्र मम वाक्यं समाचर । भविष्यति महच्छ्रेय इह लोके परत्र च

Transliteration

tadatra viṣaye putra mama vākyaṃ samācara | bhaviṣyati mahacchreya iha loke paratra ca

Translation

Ainsi, en cette affaire, mon fils, mets en pratique ma parole ; il en naîtra un grand bien, en ce monde et dans l’au-delà.

Word by Word

• tat: that (instruction)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ (that/this matter)

• atra: here; in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• viṣaye: in the matter; regarding the topic
• viṣaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• vākyam: word; instruction
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samācara: practice; follow
• samācara: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√car (चर् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• śreyaḥ: welfare; good; benefit
• śreyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• paratra: hereafter; in the next world
• paratra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in the other world/after death)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (addressing a prince/king as 'putra')

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: putra (disciple/son-figure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Affectionate admonition: elder instructs ‘my son’ to follow the teaching; the disciple bows, indicating readiness to undertake pilgrimage/rite for śreyas.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble obedience to dharmic instruction yields both worldly well-being and spiritual merit beyond death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction introduces the rite connected with Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and worship of Bhāskara/Mārtaṇḍa described in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general command to practice the forthcoming rite exactly as taught; the specific observance is detailed later (Sun worship and circumambulation).