Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

निवृत्तिं कुरु विप्रर्षे सांप्रतं वचनान्मम । सृष्टैर्यावन्न नश्यंति सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः

Transliteration

nivṛttiṃ kuru viprarṣe sāṃprataṃ vacanānmama | sṛṣṭairyāvanna naśyaṃti sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ

Translation

အို ဗြာဟ္မဏအထူးမြတ်သူ၊ ယခု ငါ၏စကားအတိုင်း ရပ်တန့်လော့။ ဖန်ဆင်းထားသောအရာကြောင့် အင်ဒြာနှင့်တကွ နတ်အားလုံး ပျက်စီးသွားမီ။

Word by Word

• निवृत्तिम्: cessation, stopping
• निवृत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• कुरु: do, make
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• विप्र-ऋषे: O brahmin sage
• विप्र-ऋषे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः—‘O brahmin-sage’

• सांप्रतम्: now
• सांप्रतम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; कालवाचक (now)

• वचनात्: because of the word/command
• वचनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, पञ्चमी, एकवचनम्

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• सृष्टैः: by the created ones
• सृष्टैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्ट (कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; ‘by/with the created (beings)’

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; यावत्-शब्दः (as long as/until)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation)

• नश्यन्ति: perish
• नश्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• स-वासवाः: together with Indra
• स-वासवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; ‘with Indra(s)’ = ‘including Indra’

Speaker

Brahmā (inferred from immediate context: Brahmā addresses Viśvāmitra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Viśvāmitra (muniśvara)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā confronts Viśvāmitra with a firm yet compassionate command to desist; behind them, devas appear endangered, while the newly created hosts loom like a tide about to break.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viśvāmitra
• Indra (Vāsava)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restraint (nivṛtti) is itself dharma: power without restraint endangers the wider cosmic order and even the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is named in this verse; it supports the larger māhātmya narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A moral injunction is given—'desist'—but no formal ritual act is prescribed.