Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

तथा ते कीर्तयिष्यामि तस्योपायं वधोद्भवम् । वधयिष्यसि येनात्र तं त्वं दानवसत्तमम्

Transliteration

tathā te kīrtayiṣyāmi tasyopāyaṃ vadhodbhavam | vadhayiṣyasi yenātra taṃ tvaṃ dānavasattamam

Translation

Karena itu akan kukatakan kepadamu upaya yang menimbulkan kematiannya—dengan itu, di sini juga, engkau akan membunuh sang utama di antara para Dānava.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in that way
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus/in that manner’)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी? एकवचन; ‘ते’ = चतुर्थी एकवचन (to you) / षष्ठी एकवचन (of you) — अत्र क्रियापदेन सह चतुर्थी (dative singular)

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: I will tell/describe
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrtaya (कीर्तय, √कीर्त्/कीर्तयति causative from √kīrt ‘to praise/mention’) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्काल), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्य: of that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन; नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग-सामान्य रूप

• उपायम्: means, method
• उपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• वध-उद्भवम्: arising from slaying (i.e., connected with killing)
• वध-उद्भवम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘वधात् उद्भवः’); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (agreeing with उपायम्)

• वधयिष्यसि: you will slay
• वधयिष्यसि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vadhaya (वधय, causative from √vadh ‘to kill’) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सामान्य (‘by which/with which’)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: ‘here’)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (nominative/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• दानव-सत्तमम्: the best of the Dānavas
• दानव-सत्तमम्: Karma (Object in apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘दानवानां सत्तमः’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (apposition to तम्)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śakra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati, composed and authoritative, assures Indra that he will reveal the specific means by which the dānava can be slain.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Indra
• Dānava (Vṛtra implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel reveals right method; dhārmic success is achieved through appropriate means, not mere might.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the next verses begin to locate the solution in a sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a promise of instruction.