Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तस्मादत्रैव तिष्ठ त्वं सुतया सहितो नृप । हस्त्यश्वादि च यत्किंचित्तत्सर्वं ते क्षयं गतम्

Transliteration

tasmādatraiva tiṣṭha tvaṃ sutayā sahito nṛpa | hastyaśvādi ca yatkiṃcittatsarvaṃ te kṣayaṃ gatam

Translation

پس اے بادشاہ! تو اپنی بیٹی کے ساتھ یہی ٹھہر جا۔ تیرے پاس جو کچھ تھا—ہاتھی، گھوڑے اور دیگر—وہ سب ختم ہو چکا اور بربادی کو پہنچ گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तिष्ठ: stay; stand
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तम/मध्यम-प्रयोगे, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुतया: with (your) daughter
• सुतया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √सह्/सह (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• हस्ति: elephant
• हस्ति: Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रातिपदिक-रूप (compound member; non-finite in समास)

• अश्व: horse
• अश्व: Sambandha (Compound-member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रातिपदिक-रूप (compound member; non-finite in समास)

• आदि: and the like
• आदि: Sambandha (Etc./सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), समुच्चयार्थ/आद्यार्थक (etc.-marker)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• किंचित्: anything at all
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अनिश्चितवाचक-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (demonstrative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: for you; of you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), चतुर्थी/षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Dat./Gen.), एकवचन (Singular)

• क्षयम्: destruction; loss
• क्षयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• गतम्: has gone; has perished
• गतम्: Kriya (Result-state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); ‘क्षयं गतम्’ = ‘has gone to destruction’

Speaker

Unknown (authoritative advisor to the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dispossessed king with his daughter stands at a sacred spot; attendants absent; the mood is stark—symbols of elephants/horses replaced by emptiness; a sage/voice indicates the king should remain there.

Characters & Entities

• nṛpa (king)
• sutā (daughter)
• hasti (elephant)
• aśva (horse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material power and royal resources perish; stability is found by abiding in dharma and in the sacred sphere rather than chasing lost wealth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction “stay here” implies a sanctified location in the chapter’s tīrtha narrative, but the site-name is not provided in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit practice is prescribed, though the directive to remain at the sacred spot suggests pilgrimage-stay (tīrtha-vāsa) as a meritorious act.