Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तस्माद्यास्यामि तत्रैव यत्र सा जननी मम । ताश्च सख्यः कृतानंदा याभिः संक्रीडितं मया

Transliteration

tasmādyāsyāmi tatraiva yatra sā jananī mama | tāśca sakhyaḥ kṛtānaṃdā yābhiḥ saṃkrīḍitaṃ mayā

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น ข้าพเจ้าจะไปยังที่นั้นเอง ที่ซึ่งมารดาของข้าพเจ้าอยู่ และที่นั่นยังมีสหายเหล่านั้น ผู้เคยร่วมยินดีกับข้าพเจ้า และเคยเล่นกับข้าพเจ้า

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• यास्यामि: I will go
• यास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु; √या = गच्छ)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चयार्थक-निपात

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, सम्बन्ध-स्थानवाचक (relative locative adverb: where)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जननी: mother
• जननी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जननी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• ताः: those
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• सख्यः: female friends
• सख्यः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कृतानंदाः: made happy; delighted
• कृतानंदाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ + क्त) + आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कृतः आनन्दः यासाम्/कृतानन्दाः = ‘made joyful’), भूतकृदन्त-आधारित, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• याभिः: with whom
• याभिः: Sahakaraka (Companions/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• संक्रीडितम्: played together
• संक्रीडितम्: Kriya (Action-as-participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √क्रीड् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘संक्रीडितं मया’ = ‘I played (together)’

• मया: by me; with me
• मया: Kartrikarana (Agent expressed in instr./कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sutā (the daughter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva (father/king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The daughter points toward a distant path, speaking of going where her mother is and where her friends once played with her; memory overlays the landscape—faint images of playful companionship behind her.

Characters & Entities

• mother (jananī)
• friends (sakhyaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse portrays the pull of memory and attachment, a common Puranic setup that later contrasts worldly longing with sacred purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; only “that place where my mother is” is referenced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.