Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा स मया प्रोक्तो यदि मां न नयिष्यति । स्वर्गं चानेन कायेन सद्यो यज्ञप्रभावतः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā sa mayā prokto yadi māṃ na nayiṣyati | svargaṃ cānena kāyena sadyo yajñaprabhāvataḥ

Translation

ເມື່ອຂ້ອຍໄດ້ຍິນເຊັ່ນນັ້ນ ຂ້ອຍຈຶ່ງກ່າວກັບລາວວ່າ: «ຖ້າເຈົ້າບໍ່ນໍາຂ້ອຍໄປສູ່ສະຫວັນດ້ວຍກາຍນີ້—ໃນທັນທີ ໂດຍອໍານາດແຫ່ງຍັດຍາບູຊາ—(ແລ້ວ …)»។

Word by Word

• tat: that (this matter)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• proktaḥ: was told/was spoken
• proktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation)

• nayiṣyati: will lead
• nayiṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nī (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• svargam: to heaven
• svargam: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kāyena: with (this) body
• kāyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• yajña-prabhāvataḥ: due to the power of the sacrifice
• yajña-prabhāvataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; -तः (ablative)

Speaker

Triśaṅku

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant speaks with intense resolve before a ritual context—suggested presence of a yajña-vedī, sacred fire, and a guru/ṛṣi figure; the speaker gestures toward the heavens, invoking immediate ascent by sacrifice-power.

Characters & Entities

• Triśaṅku
• Vasiṣṭha
• yajña
• svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual ambition without submission to dharma and sage-guidance becomes obstinacy, setting the stage for downfall and remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame; it does not itself specify a named pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references yajña as the claimed means for immediate attainment; the verse itself gives no procedural details.