Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तस्मादेतान्समाभाष्य समाश्वास्य च सादरम् । प्रेषयस्व द्रुतं तत्र यत्र ते दानवाः स्थिताः

Transliteration

tasmādetānsamābhāṣya samāśvāsya ca sādaram | preṣayasva drutaṃ tatra yatra te dānavāḥ sthitāḥ

Translation

“เพราะฉะนั้น จงไปกล่าวแก่พวกเขา ปลอบประโลมด้วยความเคารพ แล้วรีบส่งพวกเขาไปยังสถานที่ที่เหล่าทานวะตั้งมั่นอยู่”

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूपेण हेत्वर्थक-अव्यय (therefore/from that reason)

• एतान्: these (ones)
• एतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• समाभाष्य: having addressed
• समाभाष्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ√भाष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having addressed/spoken to’

• समाश्वास्य: having consoled
• समाश्वास्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ√श्वस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having consoled/encouraged’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• सादरम्: respectfully
• सादरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन रूपेण अव्ययार्थ (with respect, respectfully)

• प्रेषयस्व: send (you)
• प्रेषयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√इष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: इष्/प्रेष्—‘प्रेषणे’

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणार्थे नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचन (quickly)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक (where)

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

• दानवाः: demons (Dānavas)
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• स्थिताः: are stationed
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘standing/being’

Speaker

Vāyu (contextual continuation)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tripurāntaka (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commanding yet compassionate moment: the Lord instructs that the devas be addressed, comforted, and dispatched swiftly toward the Dānava-held region.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Devas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through wise leadership—encouraging the fearful and directing them toward rightful action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as connective narrative within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the instruction is strategic and moral (consolation and swift action).