Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तस्मादाज्ञापयस्वाद्य कृत्वा चित्तं दृढं विभो । भूयोऽप्यत्रागमिष्यामस्तव दर्शनलालसाः

Transliteration

tasmādājñāpayasvādya kṛtvā cittaṃ dṛḍhaṃ vibho | bhūyo'pyatrāgamiṣyāmastava darśanalālasāḥ

Translation

ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಹೇ ವಿಭೋ, ಇಂದು ದೃಢಚಿತ್ತನಾಗಿ ಆಜ್ಞೆ ನೀಡು. ನಿನ್ನ ದರ್ಶನಾನುಗ್ರಹಕ್ಕೆ ಲಾಲಸೆಯಿಂದ ನಾವು ಮತ್ತೆ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬರುವೆವು.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), ‘therefore/from that reason’

• आज्ञापयस्व: please command
• आज्ञापयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ज्ञा (धातु) + णिच् (प्रेरणार्थक)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative ‘command’

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund), ‘having done/made’

• चित्तम्: mind
• चित्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दृढम्: firm
• दृढम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (चित्तम्)

• विभो: O Lord
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरर्थे/adverb)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: ‘also/even’)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• आगमिष्यामः: we will come
• आगमिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दर्शनलालसाः: eager for (your) sight
• दर्शनलालसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + लालस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘दर्शनस्य लालसाः’); विशेषणम् (वयम्)

Speaker

Likely the Kuru-Pāṇḍava party addressing Vibhu/Acyuta (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of royal pilgrims, hands folded, petition a radiant Lord for permission; faces show longing and humility, suggesting imminent departure to a famed kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhu (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred actions are ideally begun with divine sanction and inner steadiness, while maintaining longing for repeated darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse centers on requesting permission and promising return; the tīrtha is the same kṣetra described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is detailed; the implied dharma is to seek the Lord’s approval before undertaking a major religious journey and consecration.