Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तथापि तव दास्यामि बहुधर्मरतस्य च । तस्मात्कुरु महाभाग राज्यं गत्वा निजं गृहम्

Transliteration

tathāpi tava dāsyāmi bahudharmaratasya ca | tasmātkuru mahābhāga rājyaṃ gatvā nijaṃ gṛham

Translation

Namun demikian, aku akan mengurniakan kepadamu suatu anugerah, kerana engkau berpegang teguh pada pelbagai bentuk dharma. Maka, wahai yang berbahagia, pulanglah ke rumahmu dan pikullah pemerintahan kerajaaanmu.

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूहः; concessive (nevertheless)

• तव: to you / of you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive: of you)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• बहुधर्मरतस्य: of you who are devoted to many dharmas
• बहुधर्मरतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (बहुषु धर्मेषु रतः); पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'तव' इत्यस्य विशेषणभावः (to you who are devoted...)

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

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Causal connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (therefore/from that reason)

• कुरु: do / undertake
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य); पुल्लिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्तः (क्त्वान्त); पूर्वक्रिया (having gone)

• निजम्: one's own
• निजम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'गृहम्' इति विशेषणम्

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, compassionate yet firm, grants a boon in some form and instructs Andhaka to return home and rule—divine sanction paired with worldly responsibility.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Andhaka
• Rājya (kingship)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes responsible worldly duty; after tapas, one may be directed back to righteous governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the boon-dialogue within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an instruction toward rājadharma (rightful rule) rather than a ritual act.