Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तस्माद्यदि बलान्मां त्वं योजयिष्यसि तं प्रति । त्वां त्यक्त्वाऽन्यत्र यास्यामि यतः प्रोक्तं महर्षिभिः

Transliteration

tasmādyadi balānmāṃ tvaṃ yojayiṣyasi taṃ prati | tvāṃ tyaktvā'nyatra yāsyāmi yataḥ proktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น หากท่านบังคับให้ข้าพเจ้าไปรับใช้เขา ข้าพเจ้าจะละท่านแล้วไปที่อื่น—ดังที่มหาฤษีทั้งหลายได้ประกาศไว้แล้ว

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/सम्बन्धसूचक), अपादानार्थे ‘तस्मात्’ = ‘therefore/from that’

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, शर्तसूचक (conditional particle)

• बलात्: by force
• बलात्: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; ‘by force/forcibly’ (अव्ययीभावार्थे)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• योजयिष्यसि: you will forcefully join/attach
• योजयिष्यसि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘to make join/attach’ (णिच्-भावार्थः)

• तम्: him/that (person)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards; against
• प्रति: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय, दिशासम्बन्ध/प्रत्ययार्थे (towards/against)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having abandoned’

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• यास्यामि: I will go
• यास्यामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यतः: because; since
• यतः: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, हेतुवाचक (since/because)

• प्रोक्तम्: has been said
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/declared’

• महर्षिभिः: by the great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

Yājñavalkya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Sūta frame, contextually likely)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense guru–disciple confrontation: the disciple stands firm, palms slightly raised in refusal, while elders or sages are evoked as moral authority; the setting suggests an āśrama or a tīrtha rest-house with pilgrims in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Maharṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One should not be coerced into actions that violate established dharma; the seers’ injunctions guide righteous refusal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is identified in this verse; it reinforces dharmic standards within a tīrtha-oriented chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it is an ethical boundary regarding compelled participation in rites or royal demands.