Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

यास्यामोऽपि वयं तत्र सत्रे द्वादशवार्षिके । समाप्तेऽस्मिन्न संदेहः सर्वे च कृतनिश्चयाः

Transliteration

yāsyāmo'pi vayaṃ tatra satre dvādaśavārṣike | samāpte'sminna saṃdehaḥ sarve ca kṛtaniścayāḥ

Translation

พวกเราก็จะไปที่นั่นเช่นกัน สู่สัตรยัญญะที่ดำเนินสิบสองปีนั้น เมื่อเรื่องนี้สิ้นสุดลงแล้ว ย่อมไม่มีข้อสงสัย—พวกเราทุกคนได้ตั้งปณิธานมั่นแล้ว

Word by Word

• यास्यामः: we shall go
• यास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• सत्रे: in the satra (rite)
• सत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• द्वादशवार्षिके: in the twelve-year (one)
• द्वादशवार्षिके: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वार्षिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (द्वादश वर्षाणि यस्य तत्); विशेषणम् (सत्रे इति)

• समाप्ते: when (it is) completed
• समाप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• न: not, no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सर्वे: all (of us)
• सर्वे: Karta (Implied subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; वयम् (अनुक्त) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• कृतनिश्चयाः: resolved, determined
• कृतनिश्चयाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ-धातु + क्त) + निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः (कृतः निश्चयः येषाम्/कृतनिश्चयः); विशेषणम् (सर्वे इति)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvādaśavārṣika-sattra-sthāna (name not specified)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūta (teacher-speaker)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages confer and agree, pointing toward a distant yajña-śālā with smoke rising; banners and sacrificial posts indicate a grand twelve-year sattra; travel preparations begin.

Characters & Entities

• Satra (twelve-year sacrificial session)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual progress is reinforced by firm resolve (niścaya) and commitment to dharmic undertakings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting; the ‘there’ points to the destination associated with the praised sacred observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Participation/attendance of a dvādaśa-vārṣika satra (a twelve-year sacrificial session) is referenced.