Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

तस्माद्व्रजथ हर्म्यं स्वं प्रसादः क्रियतां मम । अभाग्यैर्भवदीयैश्च हतो राजा बृहद्बलः

Transliteration

tasmādvrajatha harmyaṃ svaṃ prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mama | abhāgyairbhavadīyaiśca hato rājā bṛhadbalaḥ

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น พวกท่านจงกลับไปยังคฤหาสน์ของตนเถิด และโปรดประทานความกรุณาแก่ข้าพเจ้า ด้วยความอัปมงคล—ทั้งด้วยเคราะห์ร้ายอันเกี่ยวเนื่องกับผู้คนของท่าน—พระราชาพฤหัทพลได้ถูกสังหารแล้ว

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• व्रजथ: go
• व्रजथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• हर्म्यम्: mansion; palace
• हर्म्यम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वम्: your own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (हर्म्यम्)

• प्रसादः: favor; grace
• प्रसादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done; be shown
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): ‘let it be done’

• मम: to me; my
• मम: Sambandha (Beneficiary/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभाग्यैः: by misfortunes
• अभाग्यैः: Karana (Instrument/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भवदीयैः: belonging to you; your
• भवदीयैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (अभाग्यैः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• हतः: killed; slain
• हतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बृहद्बलः: Bṛhadbala (name)
• बृहद्बलः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत्-बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (बृहद् बलं यस्य) नाम

Speaker

Satyasaṃdha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (addressed as a group)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense departure scene: brāhmaṇas being asked to return to their mansion; the speaker pleads for favor while news of King Bṛhadbala’s death hangs heavy—mourning banners, extinguished lamps, and a fallen royal standard.

Characters & Entities

• Satyasaṃdha
• Bṛhadbala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power is fragile; misfortune and collective karma can overturn kingdoms, urging humility and reliance on dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to the Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya section, though this verse itself recounts a royal calamity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative instruction to depart and a request for goodwill (prasāda).