Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तस्मान्मोचय मां देव स्वागतं कुरु सांप्रतम् । गतो मे दानवो भावस्त्यक्तं राज्यं तथा विभो

Transliteration

tasmānmocaya māṃ deva svāgataṃ kuru sāṃpratam | gato me dānavo bhāvastyaktaṃ rājyaṃ tathā vibho

Translation

پس اے دیو! مجھے رہائی دے اور ابھی مجھے خوش آمدید کہہ کر قبول فرما۔ اے ربّ، میرے اندر کا دیو صفت مزاج جاتا رہا ہے اور میں نے سلطنت بھی ترک کر دی ہے۔

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore/from that
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• mocaya: release (me)
• mocaya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (धातु: √muc/मुच्) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; णिजन्त = cause to be released

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

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• svāgatam: welcome
• svāgatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मप्रवचनीय-भाव: 'स्वागतम् कुरु' = welcome (me)

• kuru: do/make
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु: √kṛ/कृ)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• sāṃpratam: now
• sāṃpratam: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण = now/at present

• gataḥ: gone
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त = gone

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic)

• dānavaḥ: demonic
• dānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• bhāvaḥ: state/nature
• bhāvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tyaktam: abandoned
• tyaktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tyakta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त = abandoned

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• tathā: thus/also
• tathā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण/समुच्चयार्थ = thus/also

• vibho: O mighty one
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Repentant figure in the narrative, addressing Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A former ruler or powerful being stands before Śiva, pleading for release and welcome, declaring his asuric nature has departed and that he has renounced his kingdom.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (Śiva)
• Vibhu (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True conversion is shown by inner change and outward renunciation, followed by seeking divine refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not stated in the verse; it remains within the chapter’s sacred-place narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; the act is śaraṇāgati (surrender) and tyāga (renunciation).