Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तद्दर्शनार्थाय गम्यतां तत्र मा चिरम् । येन सन्दर्शनं याति द्वाभ्यामपि स चक्रधृक्

Transliteration

tasmāttaddarśanārthāya gamyatāṃ tatra mā ciram | yena sandarśanaṃ yāti dvābhyāmapi sa cakradhṛk

Translation

ดังนั้นเพื่อได้เฝ้าดูพระองค์ เราจงไปที่นั่นโดยพลัน อย่าชักช้า; เมื่อไปถึงที่นั่น เราทั้งสองจักได้ทัศนะแห่งพระวิษณุผู้ทรงจักรอันเป็นมงคล

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्-दर्शन-अर्थाय: for the purpose of seeing him/that
• तत्-दर्शन-अर्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तस्य दर्शनस्य अर्थः)

• गम्यताम्: let (one) go / one should go
• गम्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative: 'let it be gone/one should go')

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• मा: do not
• मा: Kriya-pratiṣedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• चिरम्: for long / long (delay)
• चिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे नपुंसक-द्वितीया एकवचनवत्; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: for long)

• येन: by which/whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सन्-दर्शनम्: a sight/vision (meeting)
• सन्-दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• याति: attains/goes to
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्वाभ्याम्: by the two (of them)
• द्वाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विवचन-रूप (dual), तृतीया/पञ्चमी/षष्ठी/सप्तमी-विभक्ति-एकरूप (Instr/Abl/Gen/Loc Dual); अत्र तृतीया (by the two)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• चक्र-धृक्: the discus-bearer (Vishnu)
• चक्र-धृक्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + धृ (धातु) → धृक् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (चक्रं धारयति इति)

Speaker

Narrative voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya episode (context suggests a companion urging immediate darśana)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Cakradhara/Jalaśāyī darśana)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A companion addressed in dual (‘both of us’), within the narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two devotees/sages resolve to depart immediately, pointing toward the sacred kṣetra; the emblem of the discus-bearing Lord is evoked as their destination.

Characters & Entities

• Cakradhṛk (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Do not delay dharmic pilgrimage; prompt movement toward divine darśana itself becomes a cause of merit and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to the tīrtha where the Discus-bearing Lord is to be seen; the precise place-name is supplied by the surrounding Adhyāya 80 narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; the instruction is yātrā (going) for darśana.