Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

ततो नृपाय दास्यामि वधार्थं च न संशयः । नो चेद्गच्छ द्रुतं पाप यदि जीवितुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

tato nṛpāya dāsyāmi vadhārthaṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ | no cedgaccha drutaṃ pāpa yadi jīvitumicchasi

Translation

ତାପରେ ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ବଧ ପାଇଁ ରାଜାଙ୍କୁ ସମର୍ପଣ କରିଦେବି—ଏଥିରେ ସନ୍ଦେହ ନାହିଁ। ନଚେତ୍, ହେ ପାପୀ, ଯଦି ବଞ୍ଚିବାକୁ ଚାହୁଁଛ, ତେବେ ଶୀଘ୍ର ଚାଲିଯାଅ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): then/thereafter

• नृपाय: to the king
• नृपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

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

• वधार्थम्: for the purpose of killing
• वधार्थम्: Hetu/Purpose (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-भाव): वधस्य अर्थः/वधाय अर्थः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the purpose of killing)

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

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

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नो: otherwise, if not
• नो: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु/न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): 'नो' = 'न' (not) / sometimes emphatic; here with 'चेत्' forming 'नो चेत्' = otherwise/if not

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/conditional particle): if

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): quickly

• पाप: O sinner/wretch
• पाप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (शर्त/conditional conjunction): if

• जीवितुम्: to live
• जीवितुम्: Kriya (Purpose infinitive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जीव् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive): to live

• इच्छसि: you desire
• इच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्/इच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Puṣpa (continuing from prior verse context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Puṣpa declares he will deliver the sinner to the king for execution; the accused appears terrified, poised to flee; the scene holds a stark moral contrast between righteous firmness and guilty panic.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected through accountability; wrongdoing invites consequences under rajadharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.