Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

मृतायां मयि ते बालावेतावनुमरिष्यतः । कुमारी च कुमारश्च तस्मान्नाथ दयां कुरु

Transliteration

mṛtāyāṃ mayi te bālāvetāvanumariṣyataḥ | kumārī ca kumāraśca tasmānnātha dayāṃ kuru

Translation

หากข้าพเจ้าตาย บุตรทั้งสองของท่านนี้ก็จักตายตามข้าพเจ้าด้วย—ทั้งธิดาและบุตรชาย เพราะฉะนั้น ข้าแต่นาถะ โปรดเมตตาเถิด

Word by Word

• मृतायाम्: when (I am) dead
• मृतायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘मृत’, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• मयि: in me / when I
• मयि: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी-सहचर

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-एकवचन (possessive)

• बालौ: two children
• बालौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; ‘two children’

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विशेषण (बालौ)

• अनुमरिष्यतः: will die after (me), will follow in death
• अनुमरिष्यतः: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-मृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), प्रथम-पुरुष, द्विवचन, परस्मैपद

• कुमारी: the girl
• कुमारी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• कुमारः: the boy
• कुमारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/therefore)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रयोग)
• Form: हेतौ/तस्मात्-निपातवत् (therefore)

• नाथ: O lord, O protector
• नाथ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दयाम्: compassion
• दयाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कुरु: do, show
• कुरु: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

A woman pleading with her lord/husband

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The wife points to the two children—girl and boy—warning they will perish if she dies; the husband’s face softens; the children cling to the mother; the sacred precinct remains visible, suggesting the decision is within the kṣetra’s orbit.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion (dayā) and responsibility toward family are treated as integral to righteous conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The plea occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrthamāhātmya narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is specified; the verse is an ethical appeal.