Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तं पूरय ममादेशाद्द्रुतं गत्वाऽभिपांसुभिः । येन न स्याद्गतिस्तत्र कस्यचिन्मृत्युधर्मिणः

Transliteration

taṃ pūraya mamādeśāddrutaṃ gatvā'bhipāṃsubhiḥ | yena na syādgatistatra kasyacinmṛtyudharmiṇaḥ

Translation

“ด้วยบัญชาของเรา จงไปโดยเร็วแล้วถมถ้ำนั้นด้วยทราย เพื่อมิให้ปุถุชนผู้ต้องอยู่ใต้กฎแห่งมรณะผู้ใดผ่านเข้าไปได้”

Word by Word

• तम्: that (it)
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अन्वादेश-सर्वनाम

• पूरय: fill
• पूरय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरय् (धातु; √पूर्/पूरयति, चुरादि)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• आदेशात्: from (by) the command
• आदेशात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु; √गम्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

• अभि-पांसुभिः: with/using (heaps of) dust
• अभि-पांसुभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पांसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘अभि’ उपसर्ग-सन्निकर्षार्थः

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• स्यात्: would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु; √अस्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गतिः: passage/way
• गतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• मृत्युधर्मिणः: of one subject to death
• मृत्युधर्मिणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक) + धर्मिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘मृत्युः धर्मः यस्य’ (मृत्युधर्मिन्)

Speaker

Śakra (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-bila (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra commands Vāyu to rush to the cavern and fill it with sand; the cave mouth is shown being choked by swirling sand carried on a powerful wind.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Saṃvartakānila
• Mahānāga-bila
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power tries to restrict access, yet tīrtha-events ultimately reveal higher divine will beyond mere control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Mahānāga-bila within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse narrates Indra’s instruction to obstruct the passage.