Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

कुतस्त्वमिह संप्राप्तो मद्वृत्तेरुपघातकृत् । तस्माद्गच्छ द्रुतं नो चेन्नयिष्ये यमसादनम्

Transliteration

kutastvamiha saṃprāpto madvṛtterupaghātakṛt | tasmādgaccha drutaṃ no cennayiṣye yamasādanam

Translation

“ನೀನು ಎಲ್ಲಿಂದ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂದೆ, ನನ್ನ ಜೀವನೋಪಾಯಕ್ಕೆ ಧಕ್ಕೆ ತರುವವನೇ? ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಬೇಗ ಹೋಗು; ಇಲ್ಲದಿದ್ದರೆ ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ಯಮಸದನಕ್ಕೆ ಕಳುಹಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ!”

Word by Word

• कुतः: from where/why
• कुतः: Hetu/Prashna (हेतु/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative adverb: ‘whence/why’)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य-प्रयोग), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• संप्राप्तः: arrived
• संप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having arrived’

• मद्वृत्तेः: of my livelihood
• मद्वृत्तेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद् + वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मम वृत्तिः = ‘my livelihood/means’)

• उपघातकृत्: one who harms/obstructs
• उपघातकृत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपघात + कृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (उपघातं करोति इति = ‘one who causes harm/obstruction’)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; अपादानार्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Condition marker (शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त/सम्भावना (conditional particle: if)

• नयिष्ये: I will take/lead
• नयिष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), आत्मनेपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यमसादनम्: to Yama’s abode
• यमसादनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + सादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (यमस्य सादनम् = ‘abode of Yama’)

Speaker

Unnamed worker/cleaner (speaking to the disguised king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The worker points accusingly, threatening to send the intruder to Yama’s abode; the disguised cleaner remains steady, continuing the work.

Characters & Entities

• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to livelihood and status can produce harsh speech; dharma calls for restraint even when one feels threatened.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse serves the narrative arc leading toward instruction on dharma and merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse contains a threat invoking Yama rather than a prescribed ritual.