Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

तदत्र विषये पुत्र मम वाक्यं समाचर । भविष्यति महच्छ्रेय इह लोके परत्र च

Transliteration

tadatra viṣaye putra mama vākyaṃ samācara | bhaviṣyati mahacchreya iha loke paratra ca

Translation

لہٰذا، اے بیٹے، اس معاملے میں میرے فرمان کے مطابق عمل کر؛ اس سے اس دنیا میں بھی اور اُس پار کی دنیا میں بھی بڑی بھلائی ہوگی۔

Word by Word

• tat: that (instruction)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ (that/this matter)

• atra: here; in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here/in this matter)

• viṣaye: in the matter; regarding the topic
• viṣaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• vākyam: word; instruction
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samācara: practice; follow
• samācara: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√car (चर् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• śreyaḥ: welfare; good; benefit
• śreyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śreyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• paratra: hereafter; in the next world
• paratra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paratra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in the other world/after death)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (addressing a prince/king as 'putra')

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: putra (disciple/son-figure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Affectionate admonition: elder instructs ‘my son’ to follow the teaching; the disciple bows, indicating readiness to undertake pilgrimage/rite for śreyas.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble obedience to dharmic instruction yields both worldly well-being and spiritual merit beyond death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction introduces the rite connected with Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra and worship of Bhāskara/Mārtaṇḍa described in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general command to practice the forthcoming rite exactly as taught; the specific observance is detailed later (Sun worship and circumambulation).