Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

वधबन्धादिकं कर्म ते करिष्यंत्यसंशयम् । तस्मादन्यत्र गच्छामो गृहीत्वा रजनीमिमाम्

Transliteration

vadhabandhādikaṃ karma te kariṣyaṃtyasaṃśayam | tasmādanyatra gacchāmo gṛhītvā rajanīmimām

Translation

“Tanpa ragu mereka akan melakukan perbuatan seperti memukul dan mengikat. Maka marilah kita pergi ke tempat lain, membawa malam ini juga (berangkat segera).”

Word by Word

• वधबन्धादिकम्: (acts) like killing, binding, etc.
• वधबन्धादिकम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध + बन्ध + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वधबन्धादि = killing, binding, etc.); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्म इति)

• कर्म: deed; action
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अव्ययप्राय (undoubtedly)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति पञ्चमी-रूपम्; हेत्वर्थे अव्ययवत् (therefore/from that reason)

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (elsewhere)

• गच्छामः: we go; let us go
• गच्छामः: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Gerundial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘गृहीत्वा’ = having taken

• रजनीम्: night
• रजनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (रजनीम् इति)

Speaker

Śuddhaka (within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīlī (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: family members (wife and sons) within the story; overarching listener is ‘dvijottama’ in the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense night scene: family hurriedly gathering, shadows on walls, the man urging immediate departure; distant silhouettes of Brahmins/people who may pursue.

Characters & Entities

• Śuddhaka
• implied Brahmins/authorities

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fear-driven flight is a common human response, but Purāṇic narratives typically lead from fear toward repentance and dharmic correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No new site is named; the context remains the Nīlī-related incident within the tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes anticipated social/legal consequences (punishment) rather than a rite.