Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

यत्रयत्र नयेयुस्ते काद्रवेयाः सुदुर्मदाः । व्रजेयं तत्रतत्राहं तदधीना यतः सुत

Transliteration

yatrayatra nayeyuste kādraveyāḥ sudurmadāḥ | vrajeyaṃ tatratatrāhaṃ tadadhīnā yataḥ suta

Translation

“Aonde quer que os filhos de Kadrū — insolentes de orgulho — me conduzam, para lá devo ir; pois estou sob o seu jugo, meu filho.”

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: "where")

• यत्र: wherever
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis: "wherever")

• नयेयुः: they might lead
• नयेयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• ते: those (they)
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative) वा सम्बोधनार्थे (contextual); बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• काद्रवेयाः: the Kādraveyas (sons of Kadru)
• काद्रवेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काद्रवेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• सुदुर्मदाः: very insolent
• सुदुर्मदाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + दुर्मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-विशेषण (very arrogant)

• व्रजेयम्: I would go
• व्रजेयम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• तत्र: in each such place
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति ("therever/at each such place")

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तदधीनā: dependent on them
• तदधीनā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् + अधीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य अधीना = dependent on them)

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (causal: "because/since")

• सुत: O son
• सुत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Vinatā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (frame listener not specified in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vinatā speaks to Garuḍa with resigned sorrow; shadowy serpents loom as unseen masters, suggesting she is compelled to follow their dictates across lands.

Characters & Entities

• Kadrū
• Kādraveyāḥ (Nāgas/serpents)
• Garuḍa (addressed as suta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dependence on the arrogant and unrighteous leads to compelled action; true freedom requires liberation from unjust control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the verse focuses on ethical bondage rather than a tīrtha description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of social/spiritual captivity within the narrative.