Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

गच्छ वत्स त्वमद्यैव पार्थिवस्य निवेशनम् । शांत्यर्थं तेन भूयोऽपि त्वमेवाशुनिमंत्रितः

Transliteration

gaccha vatsa tvamadyaiva pārthivasya niveśanam | śāṃtyarthaṃ tena bhūyo'pi tvamevāśunimaṃtritaḥ

Translation

“വത്സാ, ഇന്നുതന്നെ രാജാവിന്റെ വസതിയിലേക്കു പോകുക; ശാന്ത്യർത്ഥം അവൻ വീണ്ടും നിന്നെയേ വേഗത്തിൽ ക്ഷണിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു।”

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• वत्स: O child/dear one
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पार्थिवस्य: of the king
• पार्थिवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• निवेशनम्: residence/house
• निवेशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• शान्त्यर्थम्: for the sake of pacification
• शान्त्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular); प्रयोजनवाचक-समासः (purpose)

• तेन: by him/with him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc./neut.), तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• भूयः: again/further
• भूयः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

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

• एव: alone/indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: शीघ्रार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• निमन्त्रितः: (you are) invited/summoned
• निमन्त्रितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + मन्त्र् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

A guru/elder brāhmaṇa instructing a disciple (contextual)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Disciple (addressed as vatsa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher instructs his disciple affectionately (‘vatsa’) to go immediately to the king’s residence, as the king has urgently summoned him again for a pacification rite.

Characters & Entities

• pārthiva (king)
• śānti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service in dharma is timely and obedient; guru-guided action supports social and spiritual harmony (śānti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative movement within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Participation in a śānti (pacificatory) rite is indicated through the king’s repeated summons.