Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

तस्माद्गच्छ द्रुतं तत्र सहानेन वरानने । संसिद्धिर्जायते येन देवकृत्यं भवेद्द्रुतम्

Transliteration

tasmādgaccha drutaṃ tatra sahānena varānane | saṃsiddhirjāyate yena devakṛtyaṃ bhaveddrutam

Translation

ಆದುದರಿಂದ, ಹೇ ವರಾನನೆ! ಅವನೊಂದಿಗೆ ತ್ವರಿತವಾಗಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋಗು. ಇದರಿಂದ ಸಿದ್ಧಿ ಉಂಟಾಗಿ ದೇವಕಾರ್ಯ ಶೀಘ್ರ ನೆರವೇರುವುದು.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Reason/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारार्थक-अव्यय (preposition/adverb: with)

• अनेन: with this (one)
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara + ānana (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरम् आननम् यस्याः)

• संसिद्धिः: success/accomplishment
• संसिद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsiddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• देवकृत्यम्: the divine task
• देवकृत्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + kṛtya (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवस्य कृत्यम्)

• भवेत्: may become/should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Indra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rambhā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra instructs Rambhā to depart swiftly with Vasantā; the composition emphasizes movement—Rambhā poised to leave, Spring beside her, Indra’s directive gesture sealing the plan.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Vasanta (implied by context)
• Devas (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic narratives often show how cosmic purposes unfold through delegated action; discernment is needed to recognize higher causality behind events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate line points to “there” (tatra) within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting near Jābāli’s waterside residence; the tīrtha’s proper name is not specified here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse is a directive to proceed quickly for a divine objective.