Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तथापि तव दास्यामि बहुधर्मरतस्य च । तस्मात्कुरु महाभाग राज्यं गत्वा निजं गृहम्

Transliteration

tathāpi tava dāsyāmi bahudharmaratasya ca | tasmātkuru mahābhāga rājyaṃ gatvā nijaṃ gṛham

Translation

ஆயினும், நீ பலவகை தர்மங்களில் ஈடுபட்டிருப்பதால் நான் உனக்கு (வரம்) அளிப்பேன். ஆகவே, ஓ பெரும்பாக்கியவனே, உன் இல்லத்திற்குச் சென்று உன் அரசாட்சியை ஏற்று நடத்துவாயாக।

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless
• तथापि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययसमूहः; concessive (nevertheless)

• तव: to you / of you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन (genitive: of you)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• बहुधर्मरतस्य: of you who are devoted to many dharmas
• बहुधर्मरतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (बहुषु धर्मेषु रतः); पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; 'तव' इत्यस्य विशेषणभावः (to you who are devoted...)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Causal connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (therefore/from that reason)

• कुरु: do / undertake
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• महाभाग: O greatly fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य); पुल्लिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त्वा (प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्तः (क्त्वान्त); पूर्वक्रिया (having gone)

• निजम्: one's own
• निजम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'गृहम्' इति विशेषणम्

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, compassionate yet firm, grants a boon in some form and instructs Andhaka to return home and rule—divine sanction paired with worldly responsibility.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Andhaka
• Rājya (kingship)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes responsible worldly duty; after tapas, one may be directed back to righteous governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the boon-dialogue within the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an instruction toward rājadharma (rightful rule) rather than a ritual act.