Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तस्माद्गच्छामहे तत्र यावन्नो जायते क्षयः । सर्वेषामेव भूतानां दिव्यास्त्राणां प्रभावतः

Transliteration

tasmādgacchāmahe tatra yāvanno jāyate kṣayaḥ | sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ divyāstrāṇāṃ prabhāvataḥ

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้นพวกเราจงไปที่นั่นโดยพลัน ก่อนความพินาศจะมาถึงเรา; ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งอาวุธทิพย์เหล่านั้น ความพินาศของสรรพสัตว์อาจบังเกิดได้

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (ablative singular; pronoun)

• गच्छामहे: we go
• गच्छामहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद (present indicative, 1st person plural, middle)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (indeclinable adverb of place)

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्-पर्यन्तार्थक (indeclinable, 'until/as long as')

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive plural; pronoun)

• जायते: arises, occurs
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (present indicative, 3rd person singular, middle)

• क्षयः: destruction, ruin
• क्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (masculine, nominative singular)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (genitive plural; adjective)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeclinable particle of emphasis)

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन (neuter, genitive plural)

• दिव्यास्त्राणाम्: of divine weapons
• दिव्यास्त्राणाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (neuter, genitive plural; compound)

• प्रभावतः: due to the power
• प्रभावतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative singular; causal sense)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; unspecified in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas in council decide to depart immediately; their chariots or aerial movement begins as the sky glows with weapon-fire in the distance.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked power endangers the whole world; dharma requires timely intervention to prevent universal harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but this specific line does not name a particular tīrtha in the provided snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a narrative urgency about averting destruction caused by divyāstras.