Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

साहं तेन विनिर्मुक्ता शपथैर्बहुभिः कृतैः । भूयस्तत्रैव यास्यामि दृष्टः संभाषितो भवान्

Transliteration

sāhaṃ tena vinirmuktā śapathairbahubhiḥ kṛtaiḥ | bhūyastatraiva yāsyāmi dṛṣṭaḥ saṃbhāṣito bhavān

Translation

ด้วยเหตุนี้ หลังจากที่ได้ให้คำสัตย์ปฏิญาณไว้มากมาย ข้าจึงได้รับการปล่อยตัวมา บัดนี้ข้าได้พบและพูดคุยกับเจ้าแล้ว ข้าจะกลับไปยังสถานที่แห่งนั้นอีกครั้ง

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अस्मद्-प्रत्यय (1st person pronoun)

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विनिर्मुक्ता: released, freed
• विनिर्मुक्ता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-nir-muc (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (past passive participle)

• शपथैः: by oaths
• शपथैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śapatha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying śapathaiḥ)

• कृतैः: made, performed
• कृतैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying śapathaiḥ)

• भूयः: again, further
• भूयः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनः/अधिकम्-अर्थे (adverb: again/further)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• यास्यामि: I will go
• यास्यामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दृष्टः: seen
• दृष्टः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि (past passive participle)

• संभाषितः: spoken with, addressed
• संभाषितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-bhāṣ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि

• भवान्: you (honored sir)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific 2nd person)

Speaker

Nandinī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A relieved pilgrim-figure, hands joined, speaking to a revered interlocutor after being released through many solemn oaths; the road back to the sacred place is implied behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Nandinī
• Vyāghra (tiger)
• son (bhavān addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma culminates in follow-through: vows are fulfilled through action, not merely speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes returning “to that very place” of the encounter; the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; the prescription is ethical—returning to honor a sworn promise.