Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
ततो नृपाय दास्यामि वधार्थं च न संशयः । नो चेद्गच्छ द्रुतं पाप यदि जीवितुमिच्छसि
Transliteration
tato nṛpāya dāsyāmi vadhārthaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ | no cedgaccha drutaṃ pāpa yadi jīvitumicchasi
Translation
“Kemudian aku akan menyerahkanmu kepada raja untuk dihukum mati—tanpa keraguan. Jika tidak, wahai pendosa, pergilah cepat bila engkau ingin hidup.”
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb): then/thereafter
नृपायto the king
नृपाय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन
दास्यामिI will give/hand over
दास्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वधार्थम्for the purpose of killing
वधार्थम्:
Hetu/Purpose (Reason/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootवध + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-भाव): वधस्य अर्थः/वधाय अर्थः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the purpose of killing)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/conjunction)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
नोotherwise, if not
नो:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु/न (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात/particle): 'नो' = 'न' (not) / sometimes emphatic; here with 'चेत्' forming 'नो चेत्' = otherwise/if not
चेत्if
चेत्:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचेत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (शर्त/conditional particle): if
गच्छgo
गच्छ:
Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
द्रुतम्quickly
द्रुतम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): quickly
पापO sinner/wretch
पाप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन
यदिif
यदि:
Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (शर्त/conditional conjunction): if
जीवितुम्to live
जीवितुम्:
Kriya (Purpose infinitive/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजीव् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive): to live
इच्छसिyou desire
इच्छसि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootइष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Puṣpa (continuing from prior verse context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Puṣpa declares he will deliver the sinner to the king for execution; the accused appears terrified, poised to flee; the scene holds a stark moral contrast between righteous firmness and guilty panic.
Characters & Entities
P
PuṣpaN
Nṛpa (king)FAQs
Dharma is protected through accountability; wrongdoing invites consequences under rajadharma.
Not specified in this verse.
None.