Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

चत्वारो ये परे प्रोक्ताः सौम्यरूपवपुर्द्धराः । धर्मिणं ते जनं सर्वं नयंति यमसादनम्

Transliteration

catvāro ye pare proktāḥ saumyarūpavapurddharāḥ | dharmiṇaṃ te janaṃ sarvaṃ nayaṃti yamasādanam

Translation

ส่วนอีกสี่ตนที่กล่าวว่าเป็นผู้ทรงรูปอันอ่อนโยนและน่ารื่นรมย์นั้น ย่อมนำผู้ทรงธรรมทั้งปวงไปยังสำนักของยมะ

Word by Word

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• परे: other, further
• परे: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; चत्वारः इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• प्रोक्ताः: said, declared
• प्रोक्ताः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सौम्यरूपवपुःधराः: bearing a gentle form and body
• सौम्यरूपवपुःधराः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य + रूप + वपुस् + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास: सौम्यं रूपं वपुश्च धारयन्ति ये; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• धर्मिणम्: righteous
• धर्मिणम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; जनम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• जनम्: people, person
• जनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; जनम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नयन्ति: lead, take
• नयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• यमसादनम्: the abode of Yama
• यमसादनम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + सादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: यमस्य सादनम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Bhīṣma (continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The four gentle Yamadūtas—Saumya, Śānta, Nanda, Suvākya—escort a radiant dhārmika soul with respectful gestures, offering guidance rather than force, toward Yama’s hall bathed in soft light.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yamadūtas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma brings protection and a calmer passage; the same cosmic order that punishes also guides the righteous with gentleness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is prescribed; the verse contrasts outcomes for dharmic versus sinful conduct.