Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तथापि च करिष्यामि युष्मदर्थमसंशयम् । उपायं लघु सन्तृप्तिर्येन वोऽत्र भवि ष्यति

Transliteration

tathāpi ca kariṣyāmi yuṣmadarthamasaṃśayam | upāyaṃ laghu santṛptiryena vo'tra bhavi ṣyati

Translation

ถึงกระนั้นก็ตาม เราจักกระทำเพื่อพวกท่านโดยไม่ต้องสงสัย เราจักจัดอุบายอันง่ายดาย ซึ่งด้วยอุบายนี้ ณ ที่นี่เอง ความอิ่มเอมของพวกท่านจักบังเกิดโดยสะดวก

Word by Word

• तथापि: nevertheless, even so
• तथापि: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/विरोधसूचक-निपात (concessive particle: 'even so/however')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• युष्मदर्थम्: your purpose/for your sake
• युष्मदर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (genitive determinative: 'for you'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: without doubt
• असंशयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ- (उपसर्ग/नञ्) + संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन प्रयोगः (adverbial accusative)

• उपायम्: a means, method
• उपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• लघु: easy, quick
• लघु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'उपायम्')

• सन्तृप्तिः: satisfaction, contentment
• सन्तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (instrumental: 'by which')

• वः: for you / to you
• वः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी बहुवचन-रूप (enclitic 'vaḥ': of you/for you)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• भविष्यति: will be, will occur
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Prāpitāmaha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pitṛ-gaṇas; Mahārāja as narrative listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Prāpitāmaha reassures the Pitṛs: ‘I will certainly do for your sake; I will provide an easy means by which you will be satisfied here itself.’ A gesture of blessing and decisive compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Prāpitāmaha
• Pitṛgaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic compassion expresses itself as practical dharma: a workable ritual path is given so ancestors may be supported.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the emphasis is on the dharmic ‘means’ to satisfy Pitṛs.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A ‘means’ (upāya) is promised; the specific prescription is detailed in the following verses as Amāvāsyā śrāddha.