Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

यापयिष्यति तन्नूनं मामस्मात्त्रिदशालयात् । तस्मात्संपूरयाम्येनं मार्गं पाता लसंभवम्

Transliteration

yāpayiṣyati tannūnaṃ māmasmāttridaśālayāt | tasmātsaṃpūrayāmyenaṃ mārgaṃ pātā lasaṃbhavam

Translation

Tunay na mapapalayas ako niyon mula sa tahanan ng mga deva; kaya’t babarahan ko ang lagusang ito na sumisibol mula sa Pātāla.

Word by Word

• yāpayiṣyati: will cause to go / will drive away
• yāpayiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yāpaya (धातु √yā + णिच् causative)
• Form: लकारः लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, पुरुषः 3 (प्रथम), वचनम् एकवचनम्; धातु-प्रयोगः णिच् (causative)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Sambandha/Modifier (Avyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle of certainty)

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• asmāt: from this
• asmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (सर्वनाम), पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचनम्

• tridaśa-ālayāt: from the abode of the gods
• tridaśa-ālayāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tridaśānām ālayaḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचनम्

• tasmāt: therefore / from that (reason)
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th/हेतु/अपादान), एकवचनम्

• saṃpūrayāmi: I fill / I will complete
• saṃpūrayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃpūraya (धातु √pṝ/√pṛ + उपसर्ग sam- + णिच् causative)
• Form: लकारः लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, पुरुषः 1 (उत्तम), वचनम् एकवचनम्; णिच् (causative)

• enam: this (him/it)
• enam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• mārgam: path
• mārgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• pātāla-sambhavam: originating from the netherworld (Pātāla)
• pātāla-sambhavam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक) + sambhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः पञ्चमी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (pātālāt/pātāle sambhavaḥ); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (mārgam)

Speaker

Indra (Pākaśāsana) (deduced from first-person intention and prior context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: cave

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, alarmed that a Pātāla-born passage will expel him from the devas’ realm, resolves to seal the opening; the cavern mouth yawns like a dark threshold between worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Pākaśāsana)
• Tridaśālaya (Svarga)
• Pātāla
• Mārga (passage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power fears spiritual democratization; the Purāṇa implies divine grace at a tīrtha can elevate even ordinary humans.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgabila passage and the Hāṭakeśvara sphere of sanctity, whose access Indra seeks to restrict.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it narrates Indra’s attempt to obstruct access to the sacred route.