Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

यावन्नागच्छते तस्य रामोनाम सुतो बली । नो चेत्तेन हतोऽत्रैव सबलो वधमेष्यसि

Transliteration

yāvannāgacchate tasya rāmonāma suto balī | no cettena hato'traiva sabalo vadhameṣyasi

Translation

「その剛勇なる子、名をラーマという者が来る前に退きなさい。さもなくば、あなたは軍勢もろともこの地で彼に討たれ、終焉を迎えるでしょう。」

Word by Word

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-तावत्-सम्बन्धे कालपरिमाणवाचक (as long as/until)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• āgacchate: comes
• āgacchate: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tasya: his
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• rāmaḥ: Rama
• rāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-प्रयोग (particle: by name)

• sutaḥ: son
• sutaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• balī: strong
• balī: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: balin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• cet: if
• cet: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक (conditional particle: if)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karana/Karta (Agent in passive/करण-कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• hataḥ: slain
• hataḥ: Kriya (Predicate complement/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (हन् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (slain)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• eva: indeed, right
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/just)

• sa-balaḥ: together with (your) army
• sa-balaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह-उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थ) + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (सह बलम् = with (your) army)

• vadham: death, slaughter
• vadham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• eṣyasi: you will go to, you will meet
• eṣyasi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (इ धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Ministers (Mantrin) speaking to the king (Haihaya ruler, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ministers point toward the horizon as if sensing an approaching warrior; the king’s forces are scattered; a looming presence is implied—Rāma’s arrival like a storm.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Paraśurāma, Jamadagni’s son)
• Jamadagni (implied)
• King (Haihaya ruler, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked injustice invites a corrective force; timely repentance and withdrawal can prevent total ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains part of the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied dharmic act is cessation of wrongdoing.