Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तस्मान्नाहं करिष्यामि तव वाक्यं कथंचन । वसिष्ठार्थं तु यत्प्रोक्तं कुरु यत्तव रोचते

Transliteration

tasmānnāhaṃ kariṣyāmi tava vākyaṃ kathaṃcana | vasiṣṭhārthaṃ tu yatproktaṃ kuru yattava rocate

Translation

ดังนั้น ข้าพเจ้าจะไม่ปฏิบัติตามคำสั่งของท่านไม่ว่าในทางใด หากต้องกระทำการใดเกี่ยวกับพระวสิษฐะ ก็จงทำตามที่ท่านเห็นสมควรเถิด

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular (therefore/from that)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (I)

• करिष्यामि: will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; I will do

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (your)

• वाक्यम्: command/word
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कथंचन: in any way
• कथंचन: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘in any way/at all’

• वसिष्ठार्थम्: for Vasiṣṭha’s purpose
• वसिष्ठार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (for Vasiṣṭha’s sake/purpose)

• तु: however
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थे

• यत्: what
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun ‘what/that which’ (here object of कुरु)

• प्रोक्तम्: said
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘said/declared’

• कुरु: do
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; do!

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Relative pronoun (object of कुरु)

• तव: to you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (to you/your)

• रोचते: pleases
• रोचते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; pleases (to you)

Speaker

Nadī (the river)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic refusal at the riverbank: a radiant sage (Viśvāmitra implied) confronts a personified river goddess who stands firm, palms raised in refusal, with Vasiṣṭha’s name invoked as moral boundary.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One must refuse participation in adharma even under pressure; moral responsibility cannot be outsourced.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha-context narrative but does not itself specify a named place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative refusal grounded in dharma.