Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तस्माद्वदतु देवेश मामेष ब्राह्मणं द्रुतम् । निवारयामि येनास्त्रं यदस्योपरि संधितम्

Transliteration

tasmādvadatu deveśa māmeṣa brāhmaṇaṃ drutam | nivārayāmi yenāstraṃ yadasyopari saṃdhitam

Translation

پس اے دیویش (خداؤں کے سردار)، وہ جلد مجھے ‘برہمن’ کہہ دے؛ تب میں وہ ہتھیار واپس لے لوں گا جو اس پر تان کر باندھا گیا ہے۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause marker/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-रूप)
• Form: हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (therefore)

• वदतु: let (him/you) say, speak
• वदतु: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एषः: this (man)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ब्राह्मणम्: a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Prakāra (Manner adjunct/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: druta (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-नपुंसक)
• Form: शीघ्रार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• निवारयामि: I restrain, I stop
• निवारयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वॄ (धातु) / निवारयति (णिजन्त)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• अस्त्रम्: weapon
• अस्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object of participle/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उपरि: upon
• उपरि: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb/postposition: upon/on)

• संधितम्: fixed/aimed/placed
• संधितम्: Kriya (Participial predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + धा (धातु) → saṃdhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (placed/aimed)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (Deveśa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra, weapon-mantra poised, demands that the ‘lord of gods’ make Vasiṣṭha call him a brāhmaṇa; the scene is a tense negotiation with cosmic stakes.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Brahmā
• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeking honor as a condition for peace reveals attachment; dharma urges peace grounded in compassion, not ego.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it is part of a tīrtha chapter but focuses on the sages’ dispute.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a negotiated condition to cease a divyāstra.