Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

विभीषण उवाच । एवं विभो करिष्यामि तवादेशमसंशयम् । परं त्वया परित्यक्ते मर्त्ये मे जीवितं व्रजेत्

Transliteration

vibhīṣaṇa uvāca | evaṃ vibho kariṣyāmi tavādeśamasaṃśayam | paraṃ tvayā parityakte martye me jīvitaṃ vrajet

Translation

วิภีษณะทูลว่า: ข้าแต่องค์ผู้เป็นเจ้า ข้าพเจ้าจักกระทำตามพระบัญชาของพระองค์โดยไม่สงสัย แต่หากพระองค์ละทิ้งโลกมนุษย์นี้ ชีวิตของข้าพเจ้าก็จักดับสูญไป

Word by Word

• विभीषणः: Vibhīṣaṇa
• विभीषणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परोक्षभूत/पर्फेक्ट), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• विभो: O Lord
• विभो: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• आदेशम्: command
• आदेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (without doubt)

• परम्: but, however
• परम्: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अपवादार्थक-निपातः (but/however)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Kartr/Agent (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• परित्यक्ते: when (you are) abandoned/when you have departed
• परित्यक्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु) → परित्यक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुं/नपुंसक; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• मर्त्ये: in the mortal world / among mortals
• मर्त्ये: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सम्बद्धम्

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• व्रजेत्: would go, would depart
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचन

Speaker

Vibhīṣaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Laṅkā sambandha-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The Lord (Rāma-like figure in context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vibhīṣaṇa, hands folded, vows obedience yet confesses: if the Lord leaves the mortal world, his life would leave—an intimate moment of loyal devotion and fear of separation.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself as unwavering obedience to dharmic command and deep dependence on the presence of the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is part of the larger tīrtha-māhātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is mentioned; the focus is on faithful compliance with injunctions.