Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अस्य देवस्य पुरतो याति नाशं च वै द्रुतम्

Transliteration

asya devasya purato yāti nāśaṃ ca vai drutam

Translation

अस्य देवस्य पुरतो याति नाशं च वै द्रुतम् ॥

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• पुरतः: in front (of)
• पुरतः: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• याति: goes; comes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nishchaya (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/पदार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय; द्रुत-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

Speaker

Pippalāda (contextual attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stark, focused image: the deity in the sanctum; at the threshold a dark mass labeled as calamity/evil collapses and vanishes as devotees stand firm in prayer.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (presiding deity of the kṣetra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The deity’s presence is portrayed as immediately transformative—negativity and misfortune swiftly perish there.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shrine of the presiding deity in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Kaṃsāreśvara context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Approach and remain before the deity (darśana/attendance), in continuity with the earlier recitation and japa instructions.