Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तस्मादेवंविधा चेयं सदा स्थास्यति चाधम । किं पुनः कुरु यत्कृत्यं नाहं वक्ष्यामि किंचन

Transliteration

tasmādevaṃvidhā ceyaṃ sadā sthāsyati cādhama | kiṃ punaḥ kuru yatkṛtyaṃ nāhaṃ vakṣyāmi kiṃcana

Translation

અતએવ, હે અધમ! તે સદા આવી જ સ્થિતિમાં રહેશે. હવે વધુ શું કરવાનું? જે કર્તવ્ય છે તે કર; હું આગળ કંઈ નહીં કહું.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवंविधा: of such a kind
• एवंविधा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction: and)

• इयम्: this (woman/one)
• इयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time: always)

• स्थास्यति: will remain/stand
• स्थास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (and)

• अधम: O low one; O wretch
• अधम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• पुनः: again; moreover
• पुनः: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति/पुनरावृत्ति-बोधक (adverb: again; moreover)

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यत्: which; whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• कृत्यम्: the task to be done
• कृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्तव्य-वाचक (thing to be done)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वक्ष्यामि: will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• किंचन: anything
• किंचन: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चित/अल्पार्थक (anything at all)

Speaker

Hārīta (implied from immediate narrative context; confirmed explicitly in 51)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kāmadeva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern moment in the hermitage: Hārīta delivers a final, cutting verdict; the addressed figure is shamed and the air feels heavy, foreshadowing petrification.

Characters & Entities

• Hārīta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions bring inevitable consequences; when dharma is violated, the result may become fixed and unavoidable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow, but this line itself does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed in this verse; it is a decisive narrative statement concluding an admonition.