Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

नान्यथा भावि भद्रं ते त्वं संतोषं परं व्रज । त्वया विरहितं भद्रे सदःकर्म करिष्यति

Transliteration

nānyathā bhāvi bhadraṃ te tvaṃ saṃtoṣaṃ paraṃ vraja | tvayā virahitaṃ bhadre sadaḥkarma kariṣyati

Translation

ഇത് മറ്റെങ്ങനെ സംഭവിക്കുകയില്ല—നിനക്ക് മംഗളം വരട്ടെ. നീ ഇപ്പോൾ പരമസന്തോഷത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുക. ഹേ ഭദ്രേ, നീ ഇല്ലാതിരുന്നാലും സദഃകർമ്മം വിധിപൂർവ്വം നടത്തപ്പെടും.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Sambandha (Manner adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) = otherwise

• भावि: will happen
• भावि: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (future participle/भाविन्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (will happen/shall be)

• भद्रम्: good/auspiciousness
• भद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (मङ्गलम्)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative) एकवचन (ते = to you)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संतोषम्: contentment
• संतोषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• परम्: supreme/highest
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (संतोषम्)

• व्रज: go/attain
• व्रज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• त्वया: by you/with you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विरहितम्: devoid of (you)
• विरहितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participial adjective), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (deprived of/without)

• भद्रे: O auspicious lady
• भद्रे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• सदःकर्म: the assembly-rite
• सदःकर्म: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सदस् + कर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सदसः कर्म = assembly-rite)

• करिष्यति: will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing a Devī/auspicious lady; ritual context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm, consoling moment: the speaker blesses the addressed ‘bhadre’, urging her toward supreme contentment; in the background, priests continue preparations for the sadaḥ-karma in the hall.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma proceeds steadily: when rites are grounded in truth and order, they are fulfilled even amid separation, encouraging inner peace (saṃtoṣa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame suggests a local sacred setting, though the exact tīrtha name is not stated in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation and completion of sadaḥkarma—the formal ritual proceedings of an assembly.