Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
Devanagari script
वृत्र उवाच । अहं तव वचो ब्रह्मन्करिष्यामि सदैव हि । संगमं कुरु शक्रेण सांप्रतं मम सद्द्विज
Transliteration
vṛtra uvāca | ahaṃ tava vaco brahmankariṣyāmi sadaiva hi | saṃgamaṃ kuru śakreṇa sāṃprataṃ mama saddvija
Translation
วฤตระกล่าวว่า “โอ้พราหมณ์ ข้าพเจ้าจักทำตามวาจาของท่านเป็นนิตย์แน่นอน โอ้ทวิชะผู้ประเสริฐ โปรดจัดให้ข้าพเจ้าได้พบศักระในบัดนี้เถิด”
Word by Word
वृत्रःVṛtra
वृत्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तवyour
तव:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
वचःword, command
वचः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
ब्रह्मन्O Brahmin
ब्रह्मन्:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
करिष्यामिI will do/perform
करिष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सदैवalways indeed
सदैव:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा + एव (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial compound); क्रियाविशेषण
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: emphasis/for)
संगमम्meeting, reconciliation
संगमम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसंगम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
कुरुdo, arrange
कुरु:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
शक्रेणwith Śakra
शक्रेण:
Sahakari/Instrument (Associate/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन
साम्प्रतम्now, at present
साम्प्रतम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाम्प्रत (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
ममmy
मम:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
सद्-द्विजO good Brahmin
सद्-द्विज:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक) + द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker
Vṛtra
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Vṛtra affirms obedience to Bṛhaspati and requests that a meeting with Indra be arranged; the scene shows earnest resolve, hands folded, eyes steady, mediator-sage poised to act.
Characters & Entities
V
VṛtraB
BṛhaspatiI
Indra (Śakra)FAQs
Submitting to wise counsel and seeking reconciliation is presented as a dharmic response even amid hostility.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.