Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्रैव नेष्यामः समेताः शर्वरीमिमाम् । गंतव्यं प्रातरुत्थाय ततः सर्वैर्यदृच्छया

Transliteration

tasmādatraiva neṣyāmaḥ sametāḥ śarvarīmimām | gaṃtavyaṃ prātarutthāya tataḥ sarvairyadṛcchayā

Translation

म्हणून आपण सर्वांनी एकत्र इथेच ही रात्र घालवू. सकाळी उठल्यावर मग प्रत्येकाने यदृच्छेने पुढे निघावे।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun, Ablative singular)

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

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• नेष्यामः: we will spend/lead
• नेष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (Simple future, 1st person plural, Parasmaipada)

• समेताः: assembled; together
• समेताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु) → समेत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past participle, Masculine Nom. Pl.)

• शर्वरीम्: night
• शर्वरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Pronoun-adjective, Feminine Accusative singular)

• गन्तव्यम्: (it is) to be gone; one should go
• गन्तव्यम्: Karya (Obligation/कार्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तव्यत्-प्रत्यय (Gerundive: ‘to be gone/should be gone’)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time: in the morning)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (Gerund: having risen)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Krama (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक अव्यय (sequence adverb)

• सर्वैः: by all (of us)
• सर्वैः: Kartr-sahakari (Agent-associate/सहकर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural; ‘by all’)

• यदृच्छया: by chance; as it happens; freely
• यदृच्छया: Hetu (Cause/Manner/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदृच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; adverbial use)

Speaker

Tāpasas (collective decision, reported in narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group settles for the night in a forest clearing, then at dawn disperses along different paths; the composition contrasts night stillness with morning movement.

Characters & Entities

• tāpasas
• rājā (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Community and compassion can harmonize with renunciation; dharma sometimes requires staying, not departing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the chapter’s sacred-forest setting within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it implies a disciplined routine—resting at night and departing after morning rising.