Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
त्वमेव जहि तं दुष्टं मृत्युं यास्यति नान्यथा
Transliteration
tvameva jahi taṃ duṣṭaṃ mṛtyuṃ yāsyati nānyathā
Translation
“صرف تم ہی اس بدکار کو ہلاک کرو؛ وہ کسی اور طرح موت کو نہیں پہنچے گا۔”
Word by Word
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
एवindeed/alone
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle: 'indeed/only')
जहिslay!
जहि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (हनँ)
Formलोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
दुष्टम्wicked
दुष्टम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त; √दुष् + क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifies 'tam')
मृत्युम्death
मृत्युम्:
Karma (Result/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; फल/परिणामार्थक कर्म (result)
यास्यतिwill go/meet (death)
यास्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√या (या)
Formलृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
अन्यथाotherwise
अन्यथा:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्यथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner: 'otherwise')
Speaker
Brahmā (continued)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Brahmā’s decisive plea: he points or gestures emphatically toward the threat, while Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa remains calm yet resolute, signaling imminent action.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī KṛṣṇaT
TālameghaFAQs
Some obstacles are removed only by surrender to the Supreme; ultimate power to end entrenched adharma rests with the Divine.
No site is directly mentioned; the verse belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative milieu.
None.