Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

तव वाक्यान्मया त्यक्तः स्वाश्रमस्तीक्ष्णदी धिते । तवार्थे च न गंतव्यं भूयस्तत्र कथंचन

Transliteration

tava vākyānmayā tyaktaḥ svāśramastīkṣṇadī dhite | tavārthe ca na gaṃtavyaṃ bhūyastatra kathaṃcana

Translation

اے تیز شعاعوں والے! تیرے کلمات پر میں نے اپنا آشرم چھوڑ دیا۔ اور تیری خاطر میں وہاں پھر کبھی، کسی بھی طرح نہیں جاؤں گا۔

Word by Word

• तव: of you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• वाक्यात्: from (your) statement/word
• वाक्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन (Singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• त्यक्तः: abandoned/left
• त्यक्तः: Karma (Object in passive sense/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) → त्यक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वाश्रमः: (my) own hermitage/āśrama
• स्वाश्रमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive determinative: 'one's own āśrama'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तीक्ष्णदीधिते: O sharp-rayed one (Sun)
• तीक्ष्णदीधिते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीक्ष्ण + दीधिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (Descriptive: 'sharp-rayed'), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन (Singular)

• तव: for you/your
• तव: Sambandha (Purpose/related to you)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• अर्थे: in the matter/purpose
• अर्थे: Adhikarana (Purpose-context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction/and)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (Negation particle)

• गन्तव्यम्: should be gone/one must go
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); निषेधेन सह: 'न गन्तव्यम्' = 'must not go'

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (Adverb: again/further)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (Locative adverb: there)

• कथंचन: in any way/at all
• कथंचन: Sambandha (Emphatic modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थ-प्रयोगे (Used with negation: 'in any way/at all')

Speaker

Agastya (addressing Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūrya (Bhānu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage, radiant with tapas, speaks firmly to the Sun-god; behind him a simple forest hermitage stands as the symbol of what has been abandoned, while the tirtha’s sanctified ground is implied as the new center of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Sūrya (Tīkṣṇadīdhiti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfastness in a chosen dharmic course: once renunciation is undertaken for a higher purpose, one should not relapse into former attachments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha is specified in this line; it reinforces the pilgrimage-oriented narrative by highlighting Agastya’s decisive movement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it speaks of leaving an āśrama and a firm resolve not to return.