Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

यावद्भूपगृहं गत्वा त्वां षंढेन समन्वितम् । वधाय योजयाम्येव तावद्द्रुततरं व्रज

Transliteration

yāvadbhūpagṛhaṃ gatvā tvāṃ ṣaṃḍhena samanvitam | vadhāya yojayāmyeva tāvaddrutataraṃ vraja

Translation

“اس سے پہلے کہ میں بادشاہ کے محل جا کر تمہیں—شَṇḍ سمیت—قتل کے لیے باندھ دوں، فوراً، اور بھی تیزی سے، یہاں سے نکل جاؤ۔”

Word by Word

• यावत्: until, as far as
• यावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/कालवाचक): as far as/until

• भूपगृहम्: the king’s house/palace
• भूपगृहम्: Karman (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप + गृह (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): भूपस्य गृहं; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund): having gone

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• षंढेन: with/along with the eunuch (Ṣaṇḍa)
• षंढेन: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षंढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समन्वितम्: accompanied, joined
• समन्वितम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+अनु√इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle) विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'त्वाम्' इति कर्मपदं विशेषयति

• वधाय: for killing, for execution
• वधाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• योजयामि: I arrange / I will deliver (you)
• योजयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (Causative) अर्थे: 'I will arrange/commit'

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): emphasis 'indeed/only'

• तावत्: until then
• तावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/कालवाचक): till then/so long

• द्रुततरम्: more quickly
• द्रुततरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रुततर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative): 'more quickly'

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests one disputant threatening to report to the king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A stern speaker warns the accused to flee before being taken to the king’s palace; the palace silhouette or distant gate is visible; the named associate Ṣaṇḍa is indicated as a companion in guilt.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaṇḍa
• Bhūpa (the king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Social order is upheld when wrongdoing is brought to lawful authority; fear of just punishment restrains adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the story within a broader tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a juridical threat, not a ritual instruction.