Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

न भवद्भ्यस्वहं स्वर्गं प्रयच्छामि कथंचन । दूतोऽवध्यो भवेद्राज्ञामपि वैरे सुदारुणे । एतस्मात्कारणाद्दूत न त्वां प्राणैर्वियोजये

Transliteration

na bhavadbhyasvahaṃ svargaṃ prayacchāmi kathaṃcana | dūto'vadhyo bhavedrājñāmapi vaire sudāruṇe | etasmātkāraṇāddūta na tvāṃ prāṇairviyojaye

Translation

నేను మీకు స్వర్గాన్ని ఎట్టి పరిస్థితుల్లోనూ ఇవ్వను. అత్యంత ఘోరమైన వైరం ఉన్నా రాజులకు దూత వధ్యుడు కాడు. అందుకే, ఓ దూతా, నేను నీ ప్రాణాలు తీసను.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• bhavadbhyaḥ: to you (honorific, plural)
• bhavadbhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनामवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी/पञ्चमी (4th/5th Dative/Ablative), बहुवचन; आदरार्थ ‘भवत्’

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष सर्वनाम

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prayacchāmi: I grant/give
• prayacchāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• kathaṃcana: in any way (at all)
• kathaṃcana: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितार्थक/निषेधसह प्रयुक्त अव्यय (adverb: ‘in any way/at all’)

• dūtaḥ: a messenger
• dūtaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• avadhyaḥ: not to be slain
• avadhyaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a + vadhya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vadh)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नञ्-समास/निषेध (वध्यः = to be killed; अवध्यः = not to be killed)

• bhavet: should be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rājñām: of kings
• rājñām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also/even)

• vaire: in enmity/hostility
• vaire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• su-dāruṇe: very fierce
• su-dāruṇe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक विशेषण (अत्यन्त दारुणे)

• etasmāt: from this/for this reason
• etasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kāraṇāt: from the cause/reason
• kāraṇāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• dūta: O messenger
• dūta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया, एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष सर्वनाम

• prāṇaiḥ: with (your) life-breaths/life
• prāṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• viyojaye: I will not deprive/separate (you)
• viyojaye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√yuj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (वियोजये = I separate/deprive)

Speaker

Dānava (Bāṣkali/Kaliṅga), replying to the envoy

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce Dānava addresses the envoy: refusal to yield heaven, yet declaring the envoy inviolable; tension between clenched weapons and a raised palm of restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga
• Dūta (Messenger)
• Rājā-dharma (law of kings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even adversaries are bound by dharma: the inviolability of envoys is upheld as a rule of righteous conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse emphasizes rāja-dharma within the Arbuda-khaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical injunction about conduct in conflict.