Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मादिमां परित्यज्य सुखी भव नराधिप । श्रद्दधासि वचोऽस्माकं हित मुक्तं यदि प्रभो

Transliteration

tasmādimāṃ parityajya sukhī bhava narādhipa | śraddadhāsi vaco'smākaṃ hita muktaṃ yadi prabho

Translation

तस्मात् नराधिप, इमां परित्यज्य सुखी भव; प्रभो, यदि अस्माकं हितमुक्तं वचः श्रद्दधासि।

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore, from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• imām: this (girl)
• imām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (त्यज्) उपसर्गः परि-; ल्यप् (क्त्वा-सम)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) ल्यप्; ‘having abandoned’

• sukhī: happy
• sukhī: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sukhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधिलिङ्गार्थे भाव्य-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• bhava: be
• bhava: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• narādhipa: O ruler of men
• narādhipa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष—‘नराणाम् अधिपः’

• śraddadhāsi: you believe, you trust
• śraddadhāsi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dhā (धा) उपसर्गः śrad- (श्रद्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; ‘to have faith/believe’

• vacaḥ: word(s), statement
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• asmākam: of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• hitam: beneficial
• hitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hita (√dhā, नि-धातोः क्त; प्रातिपदिकरूपेण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘beneficial’

• muktam: spoken, uttered
• muktam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mukta (√muc, क्त-प्रत्यय; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘uttered/spoken’

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• prabho: O lord
• prabho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The advisors urge the king to abandon the dangerous attachment; the king’s hand is half-raised in hesitation, while the sages’ faces show compassionate firmness.

Characters & Entities

• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is supported by listening to well-wishing counsel (hita-vākya) and acting to prevent harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is ethical counsel rather than ritual instruction.