Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

अहं राज्यं परित्यज्य सांप्रतं राक्षसोत्तम । यास्यामि त्रिदिवं तूर्णं लक्ष्मणो यत्र संस्थितः

Transliteration

ahaṃ rājyaṃ parityajya sāṃprataṃ rākṣasottama | yāsyāmi tridivaṃ tūrṇaṃ lakṣmaṇo yatra saṃsthitaḥ

Translation

О лучший из ракшасов, ныне, оставив царство, я поспешно уйду в небесные миры — туда, где пребывает Лакшмана.

Word by Word

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् = "I"

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम् = "kingdom"

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari+tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभावः) = gerund: "having abandoned"

• sāṃpratam: now, at present
• sāṃpratam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम्) = "now/at present"

• rākṣasa-uttama: O best of the Rākṣasas
• rākṣasa-uttama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rākṣasa+uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः = "O best of Rākṣasas"

• yāsyāmi: I will go
• yāsyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्कालः), उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् = "I shall go"

• tridivam: to heaven
• tridivam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम् = "heaven"

• tūrṇam: quickly
• tūrṇam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇa (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्) = "quickly"

• lakṣmaṇaḥ: Lakṣmaṇa
• lakṣmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् = "Lakṣmaṇa"

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक-सम्बन्धबोधकः) = relative adverb "where"

• saṃsthitaḥ: is situated, is present
• saṃsthitaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ+sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक-विशेषणम्), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; = "is situated/has stayed"

Speaker

Rāma (implied, addressing Vibhīṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma addresses Vibhīṣaṇa with firm resolve, declaring abandonment of kingship and swift departure to the divine realm where Lakṣmaṇa is; Vibhīṣaṇa listens in shock and sorrow.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Lakṣmaṇa
• Tridiva (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True dharma may require renouncing even sovereignty when higher duty and spiritual destiny call.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse occurs within the Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the snippet itself emphasizes departure to the divine realm rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed in this verse.