Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

संदेहो नात्र कर्तव्यः सुखं याहि पुरीं निजाम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा बलभद्रोऽथ तत्तीर्थं प्रशशंस ह

Transliteration

saṃdeho nātra kartavyaḥ sukhaṃ yāhi purīṃ nijām | tacchrutvā balabhadro'tha tattīrthaṃ praśaśaṃsa ha

Translation

“อย่าได้มีความสงสัย ณ ที่นี้; จงไปสู่เมืองของตนด้วยความผาสุกเถิด” ครั้นได้สดับดังนั้นแล้ว พลภัทรจึงสรรเสริญตีรถะนั้น

Word by Word

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात

• अत्र: here, in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• कर्तव्यः: should be done (to be made)
• कर्तव्यः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन; ‘संदेहः’ इत्यस्य विधेय; ‘to be done’

• सुखम्: comfortably, happily
• सुखम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• याहि: go
• याहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुरीम्: to the city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन

• निजाम्: one’s own
• निजाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; ‘पुरीम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तत्: that (statement)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; ‘श्रुत्वा’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• बलभद्रः: Balabhadra (Balarāma)
• बलभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भार्थक निपात (then/now)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तीर्थम्: sacred ford, pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2), एकवचन

• प्रशशंस: praised
• प्रशशंस: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed (narrative particle)
• ह: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्मरण/वृत्तान्तसूचक निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Aśarīra-vāk (continued, implied from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (implied) Naimiṣāraṇya sages; within the story, Rāma hears the instruction

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm closing tableau: the hero receives the final instruction, companions relax, and Balabhadra gestures toward the riverbank shrine in praise; the group turns toward the road home under a clear sky.

Characters & Entities

• Balabhadra (Balarāma)
• tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śraddhā is essential: once the rite is complete and its fruit declared, one should abandon doubt and live forward in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “that tīrtha” being praised is Lakṣmaṇa-tīrtha in the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The instruction is practical rather than ritual: do not doubt the tīrtha’s efficacy; depart peacefully after completion.