Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा महाभागे यद्युक्तं तत्समाचर

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāge yadyuktaṃ tatsamācara

Translation

โอ้สตรีผู้มีบุญยิ่ง! เมื่อรู้ดังนี้แล้ว จงประพฤติสิ่งที่สมควรและเหมาะควรเถิด

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञात्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having known'

• महाभागे: O greatly fortunate lady
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिसमासः (one who has great fortune)

• यत्: whatever which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (relative pronoun; neuter nom/acc sg)

• युक्तम्: proper/appropriate
• युक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (proper/fit)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter accusative singular)

• समाचर: do/practise (it)
• समाचर: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (do/practise)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (an adviser/authority addressing ‘mahābhāgā’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm but firm moment of instruction: the speaker urges the woman to act properly after understanding the cause; the emotional storm is about to break.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True understanding should culminate in dharmic action—doing what is fitting rather than acting from shock or impulse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named in this verse; it functions as a moral directive within a larger tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a general injunction to follow what is proper (yukta).