Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्रैव देहं स्वं विहास्यामि न संशयः । त्वं गच्छ स्वगृहं कांते सार्थमासाद्य शोभनम्

Transliteration

tasmādatraiva dehaṃ svaṃ vihāsyāmi na saṃśayaḥ | tvaṃ gaccha svagṛhaṃ kāṃte sārthamāsādya śobhanam

Translation

C'est pourquoi j'abandonnerai mon corps ici même, sans aucun doute. Toi, ma bien-aimée, retourne chez toi en rejoignant une caravane sûre.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-प्रयोगेण अव्ययीभूत (ablatival adverb): therefore/from that reason

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Desha-Kala (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय; adverb (here)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय; emphatic particle

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of leaving

• स्वम्: my own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with देहम् (one's own)

• विहास्यामि: I shall abandon
• विहास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + हा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; Simple future (I shall abandon/leave)

• न: no/not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय; here with संशयः (no doubt)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Pratijna/State (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate noun

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative sense as subject of imperative

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative (go)

• स्वगृहम्: to your own home
• स्वगृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (स्वं गृहं)

• कान्ते: O beloved
• कान्ते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ता/कान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative (O beloved)

• सार्थम्: the caravan/company
• सार्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object with आसाद्य (having reached the caravan/company)

• आसाद्य: having reached/met
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund), अव्यय; having reached/after meeting

• शोभनम्: good/auspicious
• शोभनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; qualifies सार्थम् (good/auspicious)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (the afflicted pilgrim)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (roadside within the sacred region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified.

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The pilgrim, resigned, gestures to the ground as if choosing the spot to die; he urges his wife to return home with a caravan. The wife stands torn between devotion and fear, with the sacred landscape behind them.

Characters & Entities

• sārtha (caravan)
• Muṇḍīrasvāmin (implied earlier)
• wife (kāntā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In extreme suffering, one may turn toward surrender; yet dharma also includes concern for the safety of dependents.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains the sacred kṣetra en route to Muṇḍīrasvāmin, underscoring the gravity of reaching holy places.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is prescribed; practical dharma is advised—return home with a reputable traveling company (sārtha).