Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तिष्ठ मुहूर्तं त्वं यावदास्थाय सद्रथम् । नाशयामि च ते दर्पं निहत्य निशितैः शरैः

Transliteration

tasmāttiṣṭha muhūrtaṃ tvaṃ yāvadāsthāya sadratham | nāśayāmi ca te darpaṃ nihatya niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ

Translation

“پس تو ایک گھڑی ٹھہر، جب تک میں اپنے شاندار رتھ پر سوار ہو لوں۔ میں تیز دھار تیروں سے تجھے گرا کر تیرا غرور توڑ دوں گا۔”

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Reason/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी (5th case/ablative), एकवचन; ‘therefore/from that’

• tiṣṭha: stand/stay
• tiṣṭha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• muhūrtam: for a moment
• muhūrtam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muhūrta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कालावधि (duration)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Sambandha (Limit marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधिपर्यन्तार्थक (until/as long as)

• āsthāya: having mounted
• āsthāya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having mounted/taken position’

• sat-ratham: the fine chariot
• sat-ratham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat + ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (good chariot)

• nāśayāmi: I will destroy
• nāśayāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (धातु) [णिच् causative: nāśaya]
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; णिच् (causative)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• te: your
• te: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (genitive) / चतुर्थी (dative), एकवचन; अत्र षष्ठी (your)

• darpam: pride
• darpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• nihatya: having killed
• nihatya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + han (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having slain’

• niśitaiḥ: sharp
• niśitaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niśita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from niś)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; क्त (sharpened)

• śaraiḥ: with arrows
• śaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra commands the daitya to wait while he mounts his splendid chariot; he vows to destroy the enemy’s arrogance with keen arrows, the scene poised at the edge of action.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Mahiṣa (addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous power aims to uproot arrogance (darpa), not to indulge in cruelty; dharma disciplines force with purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.