Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

यावद्भूपगृहं गत्वा त्वां षंढेन समन्वितम् । वधाय योजयाम्येव तावद्द्रुततरं व्रज

Transliteration

yāvadbhūpagṛhaṃ gatvā tvāṃ ṣaṃḍhena samanvitam | vadhāya yojayāmyeva tāvaddrutataraṃ vraja

Translation

“ก่อนที่เราจะไปยังพระราชวัง แล้วให้เจ้าพร้อมกับ ‘ษัณฑะ’ ถูกมัดเพื่อนำไปประหาร จงไปเสียเดี๋ยวนี้ ให้เร็วยิ่งกว่าเดิม”

Word by Word

• यावत्: until, as far as
• यावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/कालवाचक): as far as/until

• भूपगृहम्: the king’s house/palace
• भूपगृहम्: Karman (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप + गृह (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): भूपस्य गृहं; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund): having gone

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• षंढेन: with/along with the eunuch (Ṣaṇḍa)
• षंढेन: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षंढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समन्वितम्: accompanied, joined
• समन्वितम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+अनु√इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle) विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'त्वाम्' इति कर्मपदं विशेषयति

• वधाय: for killing, for execution
• वधाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• योजयामि: I arrange / I will deliver (you)
• योजयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (Causative) अर्थे: 'I will arrange/commit'

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): emphasis 'indeed/only'

• तावत्: until then
• तावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/कालवाचक): till then/so long

• द्रुततरम्: more quickly
• द्रुततरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रुततर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative): 'more quickly'

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests one disputant threatening to report to the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern speaker warns the accused to flee before being taken to the king’s palace; the palace silhouette or distant gate is visible; the named associate Ṣaṇḍa is indicated as a companion in guilt.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaṇḍa
• Bhūpa (the king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Social order is upheld when wrongdoing is brought to lawful authority; fear of just punishment restrains adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the story within a broader tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a juridical threat, not a ritual instruction.