Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तेनैव सहितः पश्चात्स्वेच्छया तस्य मन्दिरम् । प्रयास्यसि गृहं वापि स्वकीयं तद्विसर्जितः

Transliteration

tenaiva sahitaḥ paścātsvecchayā tasya mandiram | prayāsyasi gṛhaṃ vāpi svakīyaṃ tadvisarjitaḥ

Translation

پھر اُس کے ساتھ ہو کر تم اپنی مرضی سے—یا تو اُس کے مندر کو جاؤ، یا جب وہ رخصت کر دے تو اپنے گھر کو لوٹ جاؤ۔

Word by Word

• तेन: with him; by him
• तेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; सह/करण (instrumental)

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• सहितः: accompanied; together
• सहितः: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्गार्थ) + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) / ‘सहित’ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘accompanied/along with’ (qualifying implied subject ‘त्वम्’)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/temporal adverb ‘afterwards’)

• स्वेच्छया: by (your) own will
• स्वेच्छया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-इच्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य इच्छा) = ‘by one’s own will’

• तस्य: of him; his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• मन्दिरम्: mansion; temple; residence
• मन्दिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म (object of motion)

• प्रयास्यसि: you will go; you will proceed
• प्रयास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (object of motion)

• वा: or
• वा: Samuccaya/Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्प/alternative particle)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/‘also/even’)

• स्वकीयम्: one’s own
• स्वकीयम्: Karma-anvaya (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वकीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘गृहम्’)

• तत्: then; that
• तत्: Anvaya (Correlative/अन्वय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here as adverbial correlate ‘then/that’ with participle

• विसर्जितः: dismissed; released
• विसर्जितः: Karta-anvaya (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘dismissed/released’ (qualifying implied subject ‘त्वम्’)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A messenger receives instructions about traveling with Vibhīṣaṇa—either to a temple or back home after formal dismissal—suggesting a forked path beyond the shrine gate, with the temple silhouette in one direction and a road home in the other.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa (implied)
• Temple (mandira)
• Setu/Rāmeśvara context

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respectful accompaniment and proper leave-taking reflect dharma in sacred travel and temple life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu/Rāmeśvara sacred region, framed through movement to a mandira (temple) within the tīrtha landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; it outlines dharmic procedure around temple visitation and permission.