Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

धर्मद्रोणेषु सर्वेषु निर्णयोऽयमुदाहृतः । यो मया तव संदिष्टो नान्योस्ति यदुपुंगव

Transliteration

dharmadroṇeṣu sarveṣu nirṇayo'yamudāhṛtaḥ | yo mayā tava saṃdiṣṭo nānyosti yadupuṃgava

Translation

ในคัมภีร์รวบรวมธรรมทั้งปวง ได้ประกาศคำวินิจฉัยนี้แล้ว; โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐแห่งวงศ์ยทุ อุบายไถ่บาปที่เราบอกแก่ท่านนั้น ไม่มีอย่างอื่นอีก

Word by Word

• धर्मद्रोणेषु: in all dharma-containers/contexts (i.e., in all dharma-cases)
• धर्मद्रोणेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रोण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (धर्मस्य द्रोणः/द्रोणेषु); पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), बहुवचनम्

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative/7th), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• निर्णयः: decision/conclusion
• निर्णयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्णय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshana (Demonstrative qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• उदाहृतः: has been stated/declared
• उदाहृतः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + आ + हृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचनम्

• यः: which/that (one)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• तव: to you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• संदिष्टः: has been instructed/indicated
• संदिष्टः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + दिश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (Nom), एकवचनम्

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

• अन्यः: another (one)
• अन्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• यदुपुंगव: O bull among the Yadus
• यदुपुंगव: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यदु (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (यदूनां पुंगवः); पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa (dharmaśāstra-knower)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tiṃginī (contextual tīrtha under discussion)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sāmba (Yādava)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed brāhmaṇa-teacher delivers a decisive śāstric ruling to Sāmba (a Yādava prince), with palm-leaf manuscripts and a tīrtha backdrop suggesting pilgrimage discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Yādava
• Tiṃginī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is not arbitrary; it is presented as an authoritative, consistent tradition guiding even difficult cases toward purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

By reaffirming the prior instruction, the verse reinforces Tiṃginī’s special status as the tīrtha for śuddhi in this episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The brāhmaṇa confirms the prescribed remedy as exclusive—implying the required tīrtha-based purification practice previously stated.