Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्रैव तिष्ठामः सहिताः कुरुपांडवाः । यूयं वयं विनोदेन मृगयाक्षोद्भवेन च

Transliteration

tasmādatraiva tiṣṭhāmaḥ sahitāḥ kurupāṃḍavāḥ | yūyaṃ vayaṃ vinodena mṛgayākṣodbhavena ca

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് കുരുക്കളും പാണ്ഡവരും നാം എല്ലാവരും ഒന്നിച്ച് ഇവിടെ തന്നെയിരിക്കാം. നിങ്ങൾയും ഞങ്ങളും വിനോദത്തോടെയും, വേട്ടയിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടാകുന്ന പരിശ്രമത്തോടെയും, കാലം കഴിക്കാം.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति तृतीया/पञ्चमी-रूपेण हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोगः (ablative sense: 'therefore/from that')

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed; right (here)
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• तिष्ठामः: we stay; we shall remain
• तिष्ठामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहिताः: together; accompanied
• सहिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग) + इ (धातु) + सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कुरुपाण्डवाः: the Kurus and the Pāṇḍavas
• कुरुपाण्डवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (Kurus and Pāṇḍavas)

• यूयम्: you (pl.)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• विनोदेन: with amusement; for pastime
• विनोदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनोद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• मृगयाक्षोद्भवेन: with (that) arising from hunting; by hunting-excitement
• मृगयाक्षोद्भवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगया (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षोद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मृगयायाः क्षोद्भवः = arising from hunting)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

Speaker

Viṣṇu (continuing reply in context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (audience of the narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāsudeva proposes that Kurus and Pāṇḍavas remain together, passing time with wholesome recreation including hunting-related exertion.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Kuru
• Pāṇḍava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a tīrtha setting, even worldly activities are framed within companionship, restraint, and divine oversight—life is integrated with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Adhyāya 73 tīrtha narrative in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the sanctity is shown by the Lord’s willingness to remain there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite; it mentions vinoda and mṛgayā as narrative activities while staying at the place.