Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तस्माद्वदत यच्चित्ते युष्माकं चैव संस्थितम् । येन दत्त्वा प्रगच्छामि स्वमेव भुवनं पुनः

Transliteration

tasmādvadata yaccitte yuṣmākaṃ caiva saṃsthitam | yena dattvā pragacchāmi svameva bhuvanaṃ punaḥ

Translation

“Maka katakanlah apa yang telah teguh di dalam hati kalian; setelah mengurniakannya, aku akan berangkat kembali ke alam kediamanku sendiri.”

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् (ablatival adverb) 'therefore/from that'

• vadata: say, tell
• vadata: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• yat: what (that which)
• yat: Karma (Object of 'vadata')
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: 'what/that which')

• citte: in (your) mind
• citte: Adhikaraṇa (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: citta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• yuṣmākam: of you (all)
• yuṣmākam: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• saṃsthitam: is settled/placed
• saṃsthitam: Karma/Viśeṣaṇa (What is situated)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) 'placed/settled'; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here: agreeing with yat; predicate/attributive)

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative: 'by which/with which')

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund) 'having given'

• pragacchāmi: I go forth/return
• pragacchāmi: Kriya (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• svam: one's own
• svam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (qualifying bhuvanam)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• bhuvanam: world, abode
• bhuvanam: Karma (Goal as object with motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• punaḥ: again, back
• punaḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Direction/iteration)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: 'again/back')

Speaker

Śiva

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the divine is pleased, devotees should ask for enduring dharmic welfare—boons that benefit the community and the sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting is a Nāgarakhaṇḍa kṣetra near a city (pura), whose sanctity is expressed through liṅgas and enumerated kṣetras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed directly; it frames the formal request that follows.