Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्रैव ते कार्यं सिद्धिं दूत प्रयास्यति । विभीषणकृतं सर्वं दर्शनात्तस्य रक्षसः

Transliteration

tasmādatraiva te kāryaṃ siddhiṃ dūta prayāsyati | vibhīṣaṇakṛtaṃ sarvaṃ darśanāttasya rakṣasaḥ

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น โอทูตเอ๋ย ภารกิจของท่านจักสำเร็จ ณ ที่นี้เอง สิ่งทั้งปวงที่วิภีษณะได้จัดวางไว้ จะบรรลุผลเพียงด้วยการได้ดาร์ศนะเห็นรากษสะนั้น (วิภีษณะ)

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Logical connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/तस्मात् = ‘therefore’), सर्वनाम-प्रयोग

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक अव्यय)

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

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘तव/ते’ = ‘your’

• कार्यं: task/duty
• कार्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातु से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म/विधेयार्थे

• सिद्धिं: success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दूतः: messenger
• दूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• प्रयास्यति: will go/fare forth
• प्रयास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विभीषणकृतं: done by Vibhīṣaṇa
• विभीषणकृतं: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विभीषण + कृत (कृ-धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘विभीषणेन कृतम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वं: all/entire
• सर्वं: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दर्शनात्: from/through seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; दृश्-धातु से)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ (ablative of cause)

• तस्य: of that/of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• रक्षसः: of the demon/rākṣasa
• रक्षसः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (रक्षस्), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

Speaker

Local people near Setu (janaḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmeśvara-traya in Setu region (triad of liṅgas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dūta (messenger)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A messenger receives assurance that success will come ‘here itself’ through the mere sight of Vibhīṣaṇa; the Setu seascape and distant Laṅkā horizon frame the moment, with subtle Śaiva symbols indicating Rāmeśvara’s presence.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Dūta
• Setu region (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darśana—direct encounter with a significant being or sacred presence—can itself become the means by which dharmic aims are fulfilled.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse functions within the Setu–Rāmeśvara tīrtha frame, emphasizing spiritual ‘siddhi’ available at the spot itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the implied practice is darśana (reverent seeing/meeting).