Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि सांप्रतं तां पुरीं प्रति । गृहेऽद्य तव विश्रांतो यथा विप्र निजे गृहे

Transliteration

svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ tāṃ purīṃ prati | gṛhe'dya tava viśrāṃto yathā vipra nije gṛhe

Translation

ขอความสวัสดีและความผาสุกจงมีแก่ท่าน บัดนี้ข้าพเจ้าจะมุ่งไปยังนครนั้น วันนี้ โอ พราหมณ์ ข้าพเจ้าได้พักในเรือนของท่านดุจพักในเรือนของตนเอง

Word by Word

• स्वस्ति: well-being; hail
• स्वस्ति: Sambodhana/Āśīḥ (Benediction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; मङ्गलार्थक-निपात (benedictive particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी/चतुर्थी? एकवचन-रूपम् ‘ते’ (Gen./Dat. sg.); अत्र चतुर्थी-प्रयोगः (to you)

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गमिष्यामि: I will go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सांप्रतम्: now; at present
• सांप्रतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• ताम्: that (city)
• ताम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘पुरीम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Dik/Adhikaraṇa (Direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद-प्रयोगः (postposition) ‘...प्रति’ = towards

• गृहे: in (the) house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (today)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• विश्रान्तः: rested
• विश्रान्तः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-श्रान्त (कृदन्त; श्रम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ (अध्याहृत) इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamā/Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (as/just as)

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• निजे: in one’s own
• निजे: Adhikaraṇa (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘गृहे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• गृहे: house
• गृहे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (the healed devotee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A traveler, staff and travel-bag in hand, stands at the threshold of a brāhmaṇa’s modest home, palms joined in farewell blessing; the host stands respectfully, the doorway marked with auspicious symbols.

Characters & Entities

• puri (city)
• vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hospitality and gratitude are dharmic pillars in pilgrimage culture; blessings and respectful departure complete a sacred encounter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A “purī” (city of pilgrimage) is referenced, but not identified by name in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya travel-narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse emphasizes auspicious benediction and the dharma of receiving and hosting a traveler.