Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

आगमिष्यति तं मृत्युर्दूरात्परिहरिष्यति । एवमुक्त्वाथ सा वाणी विरराम ततः परम्

Transliteration

āgamiṣyati taṃ mṛtyurdūrātparihariṣyati | evamuktvātha sā vāṇī virarāma tataḥ param

Translation

ความตายแม้จะมา ก็จักถอยห่างและหลีกเลี่ยงเขาจากระยะไกล ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระสุรเสียงทิพย์นั้นก็นิ่งสงัดไปภายหลัง

Word by Word

• āgamiṣyati: will come
• āgamiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mṛtyuḥ: death
• mṛtyuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• dūrāt: from afar
• dūrāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb)

• parihariṣyati: will avoid/keep away
• parihariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/सम्बन्धसूचक (then/thereupon)

• sā: she/that (voice)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vāṇī: voice, speech
• vāṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• virarāma: ceased
• virarāma: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-ram (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (thereafter/from that)

• param: further, afterwards
• param: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; क्रमवाचक (further/afterwards)

Speaker

A divine voice (ākāśavāṇī / sā vāṇī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shadowy figure of Death approaches but is pushed back by a radiant boundary emanating from the sanctuary; above, an unseen celestial voice speaks, then the air becomes still as the voice ceases.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛtyu (death)
• Ākāśavāṇī (divine voice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic tīrtha is presented as a realm of divine protection where sincere observance draws a safeguarding grace even against death’s approach.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the praise of the same unnamed 'auspicious shrine' (āyatana) in the ongoing Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is added here; it concludes the stated phala of the prior vigil-vrata with a divine proclamation.