Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वया महत्कर्म कृतमीदृक्सुदुष्करम् । प्रजानां पार्थिवश्रेष्ठ त्यक्त्वा दूराद्भयं मम

Transliteration

tasmāttvayā mahatkarma kṛtamīdṛksuduṣkaram | prajānāṃ pārthivaśreṣṭha tyaktvā dūrādbhayaṃ mama

Translation

پس اے بہترین بادشاہ، تم نے رعایا کی خاطر میرے خوف کو دور پھینک کر ایسا عظیم کارنامہ سرانجام دیا ہے جو نہایت دشوار تھا۔

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/Inference)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-रूप)
• Form: तस्मात्-रूप (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• mahat-karma: a great deed
• mahat-karma: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक) + karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् कर्म)

• kṛtam: has been done
• kṛtam: Kriya (Passive predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (mahatkarma) विशेषण

• īdṛk-suduṣkaram: such very difficult (a thing)
• īdṛk-suduṣkaram: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛś (प्रातिपदिक) + su-duṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (ईदृक् च तत् सुदुष्करम्)

• prajānām: of the subjects/people
• prajānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• pārthiva-śreṣṭha: O best of kings
• pārthiva-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पार्थिवानां श्रेष्ठः)

• tyaktvā: having abandoned
• tyaktvā: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tyaj (त्यज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive: having abandoned)

• dūrāt: from far away
• dūrāt: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from afar)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

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

Speaker

Śani

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker declares the king’s deed supremely difficult: he cast away fear of the dangerous being/power to protect his people; the king stands resolute, subjects symbolically behind him.

Characters & Entities

• Śani

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True kingship is fearlessly protecting the people; dharmic leadership places public welfare above personal safety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the narrative praising dharmic action.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it commends a moral act (prajā-hita) rather than prescribing a rite.