Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पुनर्जीवितसंयुक्तान्करिष्यामि न संशयः । तथा सुनिश्चलं शैलं करिष्यामि स्वशक्तितः

Transliteration

punarjīvitasaṃyuktānkariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ | tathā suniścalaṃ śailaṃ kariṣyāmi svaśaktitaḥ

Translation

疑いなく、わたしは彼らを再び生き返らせる。さらに自らの力によって、この山をまったく動かぬ不動のものとしよう。

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• जीवित: revived, brought to life
• जीवित: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीव् (धातु) → जीवित (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; (समासपदस्य विशेषणरूपेण)

• संयुक्तान्: those who are joined/assembled
• संयुक्तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्+युज् (धातु) → संयुक्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) प्रातिपदिकवत्, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• करिष्यामि: I will make/do
• करिष्यामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/particle of negation)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise; thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/तुल्यक्रिया-सूचक adverb)

• सु: well; very
• सु: Upapada (Preverb-like modifier/उपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: अव्यय (उपपद/उपसर्गसदृश, तीव्रता/शोभा-सूचक)

• निश्चलम्: immovable, steady
• निश्चलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शैलम्)

• शैलम्: mountain
• शैलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (शैलः), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: I will make
• करिष्यामि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्वशक्तितः: by/through one’s own power
• स्वशक्तितः: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + शक्ति)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: स्वस्य शक्तिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (हेतौ/कारणे)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raktaśṛṅga

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful deity/hero declares he will revive the fallen and render the mountain utterly immovable by his own śakti; the peak looms behind, charged with divine energy.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Śaila (Mountain)
• Brāhmaṇas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace restores life and order; sacred places endure through divine will for the benefit of pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raktaśṛṅga and its mountain-setting are being established as a permanent sacred locus within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the focus is on Skanda’s divine act that founds the site’s enduring sanctity.