Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

अगम्यमपि यास्यामि करिष्येऽकृत्यमेव च । तच्छ्रुत्वा हरिभद्रः स समुत्थाय त्वरान्वितः

Transliteration

agamyamapi yāsyāmi kariṣye'kṛtyameva ca | tacchrutvā haribhadraḥ sa samutthāya tvarānvitaḥ

Translation

“అగమ్యమైన చోటుకైనా నేను వెళ్తాను; అकर्तవ్యమైనదైనా చేస్తాను.” ఇది విని హరిభద్రుడు తక్షణమే త్వ‌రతో లేచి నిలిచాడు.

Word by Word

• अगम्यम्: the unapproachable (place/thing)
• अगम्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + गम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘that which is not to be gone to’ (object of yāsyāmi)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान (particle: even)

• यास्यामि: I shall go
• यास्यामि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (या प्रापणे/गतौ) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• करिष्ये: I shall do
• करिष्ये: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (कृ करणॆ) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• अकृत्यम्: what should not be done; improper act
• अकृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); object of kariṣye

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object of śrutvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (श्रु श्रवणे) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having heard’

• हरिभद्रः: Haribhadra
• हरिभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• समुत्थाय: having risen
• समुत्थाय: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उत् + √स्था (स्था गतिनिवृत्तौ/तिष्ठति) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having risen up’

• त्वरान्वितः: filled with haste
• त्वरान्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (tvarayā anvitaḥ = endowed with haste)

Speaker

Pṛthivīpati (the king) (first half); Narrator (second half)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, intense and emphatic, declares he will go to inaccessible places and do even the improper; Haribhadra abruptly rises, urgency on his face, as if to stop or redirect the vow toward proper dharma.

Characters & Entities

• pṛthivīpati (king)
• Haribhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-driven service can inspire extraordinary resolve, though the text also signals the tension between duty and impropriety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha-name is directly mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse prepares for consultation and ritual action in the subsequent lines.