Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्मात्प्रापय तत्रैव यावदस्य च बन्धुभिः । नो गात्रं दह्यते शोकात्सुसमिद्धेन वह्निना

Transliteration

tasmātprāpaya tatraiva yāvadasya ca bandhubhiḥ | no gātraṃ dahyate śokātsusamiddhena vahninā

Translation

Vì vậy, hãy đưa ông ấy trở lại ngay tại đó—kẻo thân quyến, bừng cháy vì sầu bi, sẽ hỏa táng thân ông trong ngọn lửa đã được nhóm lên rực sáng.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति हेत्वर्थक/अपादानार्थक अव्ययप्रायः (ablatival: therefore/from that reason)

• प्रापय: send/bring (cause to reach)
• प्रापय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) अर्थे: ‘cause to reach/send’

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

• एव: right there
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (just/indeed)

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

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

• बन्धुभिः: by (his) relatives
• बन्धुभिः: Karana/Sahakari (Instrument/Associate/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation: not)

• गात्रम्: body/limb
• गात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दह्यते: is burned
• दह्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: is burnt)

• शोकात्: from grief
• शोकात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• सुसमिद्धेन: well-kindled
• सुसमिद्धेन: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + समिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; √इन्ध्/सम्-इन्ध्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP) विशेषण

• वह्निना: by fire
• वह्निना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Yama

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mathurā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama orders immediate return of the mistakenly taken man before his relatives, consumed by grief, cremate his body in a blazing fire.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yamadūta
• Relatives (bandhu)
• Fire (vahni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma treats funerary rites as consequential; correct timing and rightful personhood matter in the transition between life, death, and ritual.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate action concerns returning to the earthly city (Mathurā) referenced in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cremation (burning the body with a well-kindled fire) is referenced as the imminent rite the relatives might perform.