Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

शक्रमेनं परित्यज्य सुखं तिष्ठात्र पर्वते । नो चेद्द्रुतं समागत्य सकैलासं सभार्यकम्

Transliteration

śakramenaṃ parityajya sukhaṃ tiṣṭhātra parvate | no ceddrutaṃ samāgatya sakailāsaṃ sabhāryakam

Translation

"ਇਸ ਇੰਦਰ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਦੇ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਥੇ ਪਹਾੜ 'ਤੇ ਸੁਖ ਨਾਲ ਰਹਿ। ਨਹੀਂ ਤਾਂ, ਜਲਦੀ ਹੀ ਕੈਲਾਸ਼ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਪਤਨੀ ਸਮੇਤ ਆ ਜਾ।"

Word by Word

• शक्रम्: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karma (Object of ‘परित्यज्य’/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having abandoned’

• सुखम्: comfortably
• सुखम्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative) ‘comfortably’

• तिष्ठ: stay
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• पर्वते: on the mountain
• पर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• नो: not
• नो: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय; ‘न’ का रूप ‘नो’ (before vowel/for metrical)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle ‘if’)

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• समागत्य: having come
• समागत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having come’

• स-कैलासम्: together with Kailāsa
• स-कैलासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘कैलाससहितम्’ (together with Kailāsa)

• स-भार्यकम्: with (his) wife
• स-भार्यकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्) + भार्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘भार्यासहितम्’ (with (his) wife)

Speaker

Andhaka (message conveyed via the messenger; embedded speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The messenger delivers an ultimatum: abandon Indra and live on the mountain, or come at once with Kailāsa and with your consort—an audacious demand against the divine couple.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Kailāsa
• Śiva (implied)
• Śiva’s consort (Pārvatī, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It depicts adharma as coercion and disrespect toward divine order—issuing demands to the Lord and attempting to control sacred space.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is invoked as Śiva’s sacred mountain abode, underscoring its mythic sanctity even within a confrontational narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.