Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 152

Devanagari script

नृपासनं विमुंचंतु भवंतो न विचार्यताम् । नो चेच्चंद्रागदस्याशु बाणाः प्राणान्हरंति वः

Transliteration

nṛpāsanaṃ vimuṃcaṃtu bhavaṃto na vicāryatām | no ceccaṃdrāgadasyāśu bāṇāḥ prāṇānharaṃti vaḥ

Translation

Wahai kalian semua, tinggalkan singgasana raja seketika—jangan menunda dengan pertimbangan. Jika tidak, anak panah Candrāṅgada yang cepat akan segera merenggut nyawa kalian.

Word by Word

• नृपासनम्: the king’s seat/throne
• नृपासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपस्य आसनम्)

• विमुञ्चन्तु: let (them) release/leave
• विमुञ्चन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• भवन्तः: you (honored sirs)
• भवन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; आदरार्थ-सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (particle of negation)

• विचार्यताम्: let it be considered/deliberated
• विचार्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘let it be considered’

• नो: otherwise/not
• नो: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय; ‘न’ इत्यस्य विकल्पः (often before conditional)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• चन्द्रागदस्य: of Candrāṅgada
• चन्द्रागदस्य: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्राङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb)

• बाणाः: arrows
• बाणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• प्राणान्: lives/breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• हरन्ति: take away
• हरन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• वः: of you / to you
• वः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (6/4), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice within Sūta’s telling)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense royal court: counselors and attendants recoil as a herald/warrior issues an ultimatum—abandon the throne or face Candrāṅgada’s swift arrows; the throne and royal insignia dominate the foreground.

Characters & Entities

• Candrāṅgada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arrogance and unlawful holding of power invites swift retribution; righteous authority must be honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative tension within the Somavāra-vrata māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is a warning within the storyline.