Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

दुःशील उवाच । करिष्यामि वचस्तेऽहं यथा वदसि सन्मुने

Transliteration

duḥśīla uvāca | kariṣyāmi vacaste'haṃ yathā vadasi sanmune

Translation

துஃசீலன் கூறினான்—ஹே சன்முனியே! நீர் சொல்வதுபோலவே, உங்கள் வாக்கை நான் அப்படியே நிறைவேற்றுவேன்।

Word by Word

• दुःशीलः: Duḥśīla (name)
• दुःशीलः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःशील (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (व्यक्तिवाचक)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Speech/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वचः: word(s)/command
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/just as)

• वदसि: you say
• वदसि: Kriya (Speech/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सत्-मुने: O good sage
• सत्-मुने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्मुनि (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + मुनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सन् मुनिः)

Speaker

Duḥśīla

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Durvāsā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A contrite layman (Duḥśīla) stands with folded hands before the austere sage Durvāsā, accepting the instruction; a simple hermitage or tīrtha-bank setting, calm and restrained.

Characters & Entities

• Duḥśīla
• sage (muni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and readiness to follow dharmic counsel are presented as prerequisites for purification and success in vows.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha narrative dialogue; the site is contextual in the surrounding Tīrthamāhātmya passage rather than named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified here; it is an assent to carry out the previously prescribed dāna, snāna, and remembrance practices.