Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तस्यापि वेद्मि सर्वार्थं भर्तृयज्ञो यथा मुनिः । अस्मादत्रैव गच्छध्वं यदि मुक्तेः प्रयोजनम्

Transliteration

tasyāpi vedmi sarvārthaṃ bhartṛyajño yathā muniḥ | asmādatraiva gacchadhvaṃ yadi mukteḥ prayojanam

Translation

เราก็รู้ความหมายทั้งหมดของสิ่งนั้นเช่นกัน ดังที่ฤๅษีภรรตฤยัชญะรู้ ดังนั้น หากเป้าหมายแท้จริงของท่านคือโมกษะ ก็จงออกจากที่นี่โดยพลัน

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• वेद्मि: I know
• वेद्मि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वार्थम्: the whole meaning / everything
• सर्वार्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (सर्वः अर्थः)

• भर्तृयज्ञः: Bhartṛyajña (name)
• भर्तृयज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भर्तुः यज्ञः)

• यथा: as, just like
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/just as)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अस्मात्: from me
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle: indeed/only)

• गच्छध्वम्: go (you all)
• गच्छध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तवाचक-अव्यय (conditional: if)

• मुक्तेः: of liberation
• मुक्तेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• प्रयोजनम्: purpose, aim
• प्रयोजनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unnamed narrator (contextual advisor within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukā-tīrtha (destination implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator, with firm gesture, instructs sages to depart immediately for the mokṣa-oriented destination; the sages rise, gathering staffs and waterpots.

Characters & Entities

• Bhartṛyajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Liberation is treated as the highest aim, and one should act decisively—going to the sanctified place without delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Nāgara Khaṇḍa) pilgrimage context, leading toward the Pādukā-related sacred spot.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is detailed here; the prescription is immediate pilgrimage/action toward the moksha-granting sacred locus.