Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
स्वयं दृष्ट्वैव वृत्तांतं कर्तव्यं यत्क्षमं ततः । नात्रास्य वचनादद्य स्थातव्यं तत्र गम्यताम्
Transliteration
svayaṃ dṛṣṭvaiva vṛttāṃtaṃ kartavyaṃ yatkṣamaṃ tataḥ | nātrāsya vacanādadya sthātavyaṃ tatra gamyatām
Translation
കാര്യവൃത്താന്തം സ്വന്തം കണ്ണാൽ കണ്ടശേഷം യുക്തമായതു ചെയ്യാം. ഇന്ന് അവന്റെ വാക്കിന്റെ ബലത്തിൽ ഇവിടെ നിൽക്കരുത്; അവിടേക്ക് പോകാം.
Word by Word
स्वयम्oneself, personally
स्वयम्:
Adverbial (कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम् (अव्यय)
Formस्वकर्तृवाचक-अव्यय (oneself)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen)
एवindeed, only
एव:
Emphasis
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय
वृत्तान्तम्the account, the matter
वृत्तान्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (Accusative) एकवचन
कर्तव्यम्should be done
कर्तव्यम्:
Predicate (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) → कर्तव्य (कृदन्त; तव्यत्)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त विधिलिङ्गार्थक (gerundive: ought to be done); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; विधेय
यत्whatever
यत्:
Connector (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
क्षमम्proper, feasible
क्षमम्:
Predicate/Qualifier (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘यत्’/‘कर्तव्यम्’ सापेक्ष
ततःthen
ततः:
Adverbial (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरवाचक-अव्यय (then, thereafter)
नnot
न:
Negation
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adverbial (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (here)
अस्यof this (person)
अस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन
वचनात्from (his) word, on (his) say-so
वचनात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootवचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (Ablative) एकवचन; हेत्वर्थ/अपादान (because of/from the word)
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adverbial (काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (today/now)
स्थातव्यम्to be stayed, to be remained
स्थातव्यम्:
Predicate (विधेय)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्था (धातु) → स्थातव्य (कृदन्त; तव्यत्)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; निषेधेन सह (ought not to be stayed)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adverbial (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (there)
गम्यताम्let (us/one) go
गम्यताम्:
Kriya (Injunction/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative: let it be gone/let one go)
Speaker
Sāvitrī (imperative counsel; continuation of the same exchange)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A calm but firm instruction: see the situation directly, then do what is proper; do not stay here relying on his words—go now.
Characters & Entities
S
SāvitrīN
NāradaFAQs
Proper action should be grounded in direct understanding; dharma is strengthened by clarity, not by dependence on questionable reports.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.