Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

आदेशो दीयतां देव ह्यहमाकारितस्त्वया । यदर्थं तत्करिष्यामि तस्माच्छीघ्रं निवेदय

Transliteration

ādeśo dīyatāṃ deva hyahamākāritastvayā | yadarthaṃ tatkariṣyāmi tasmācchīghraṃ nivedaya

Translation

ഹേ ദേവാ! ആജ്ഞ നൽകണമേ; നിങ്ങൾ എന്നെ വിളിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. ഞാൻ നിർവഹിക്കേണ്ട ഉദ്ദേശം എന്തെന്നു വേഗത്തിൽ അറിയിക്കണമേ।

Word by Word

• ādeśaḥ: command / instruction
• ādeśaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• dīyatām: let (it) be given
• dīyatām: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive: 'let it be given')

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• hi: indeed / for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ)

• aham: I
• aham: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• ākāritaḥ: commissioned / ordered
• ākāritaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛ (धातु; णिच् causative)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि भावः ('having been caused/commissioned')

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartā (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• yadartham: for what purpose
• yadartham: Hetu (Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad + artha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्यय (उद्देश्य/हेतु: 'for which purpose')

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• kariṣyāmi: I will do
• kariṣyāmi: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात् = therefore/from that)

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• nivedaya: inform / tell
• nivedaya: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vid (धातु; णिच् causative)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śakra/Indra (deduced from subsequent verse: 'mayā śakrātra cānītam…')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara-traya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, hands folded, speaks with urgency and humility to Brahmā: ‘Give the command; tell me the purpose quickly so I may accomplish it.’

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is fulfilled through prompt, disciplined service to righteous instruction, even among the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding narrative praises Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and the sanctity connected with Pushkara-traya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general readiness to execute a commanded ritual task; the specifics follow in subsequent verses.