Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

मया त्याज्यो भवेत्क्षिप्रमित्थं चक्रे स संविदम्

Transliteration

mayā tyājyo bhavetkṣipramitthaṃ cakre sa saṃvidam

Translation

“माझ्याकडून याचा त्वरित त्याग व्हावा”—अशी त्याने ती संविदा/नियम ठरविला।

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्याज्यः: to be abandoned
• त्याज्यः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्याज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; त्यज् धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: 'to be abandoned'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: should be
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्रम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner adjunct/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: thus)

• चक्रे: made
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संविदम्: agreement, understanding
• संविदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sahasradhārā (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense, hushed moment: Rāma resolves, ‘He must be cast off by me at once,’ sealing a secret compact; the scene conveys duty over emotion, with Kāla as witness and a shadow of impending separation.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A king’s word and vow are binding; dharma often demands painful adherence to an agreed rule once it is set.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; it is part of the narrative chain leading to Sahasradhārā’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it states a strict condition of a confidential pact.