Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

यस्मात्कालात्ययं कृत्वाऽनीतोऽयं ब्राह्मणस्त्वया । तस्मादेनमपि क्षिप्रं द्वितीयेन समं त्यज

Transliteration

yasmātkālātyayaṃ kṛtvā'nīto'yaṃ brāhmaṇastvayā | tasmādenamapi kṣipraṃ dvitīyena samaṃ tyaja

Translation

เพราะเจ้าพรากเวลาที่ควรแล้วจึงนำพราหมณ์ผู้นี้มา ฉะนั้นจงปล่อยเขาเสียโดยเร็ว ให้เสมอด้วยผู้องค์ที่สอง

Word by Word

• यस्मात्: because (from the fact) that
• यस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• कालात्ययम्: delay, lapse of time
• कालात्ययम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + अत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः कालस्य अत्ययः (delay/overstepping of time)

• कृत्वा: having caused, having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having done/made’

• आनीतः: brought
• आनीतः: Karta (Predicate complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√नी (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणः: Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Kriya-viseshana (Logical connector/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति हेत्वर्थे अव्ययीभूत (therefore; ablative-form used adverbially)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद्/इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Kriya-viseshana (Particle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्रम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (quickly)

• द्वितीयेन: with the second (one)
• द्वितीयेन: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सहार्थे ‘with the second (one)’

• समम्: together
• समम्: Kriya-viseshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम् (अव्यय)
• Form: समानार्थक-अव्यय (together/equally)

• त्यज: release, abandon, let go
• त्यज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Dharmarāja (Yama)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dharmarāja issues a firm decree: because the brāhmaṇa was brought after delay, he must be released immediately, equal to the other.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmarāja (Yama)
• Brāhmaṇa
• Dūta (messenger)
• Gokarṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes right timing and right procedure; when due order is violated, corrective justice is applied—even in Yama’s court.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is part of the narrative embedded in the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a juridical command by Dharmarāja to ‘release’ (tyaja) the brāhmaṇa.