Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तस्माद्वदत यत्कृत्यं मया संसिद्ध्यतेऽधुना । तत्सर्वं प्रकरिष्यामि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुष्करम्

Transliteration

tasmādvadata yatkṛtyaṃ mayā saṃsiddhyate'dhunā | tatsarvaṃ prakariṣyāmi yadyapi syātsuduṣkaram

Translation

Vì thế, xin các Ngài hãy dạy cho con biết việc bổn phận nào nay cần được thành tựu nhờ nơi con. Con sẽ đảm nhận và hoàn thành tất cả, dẫu cho vô cùng khó khăn.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यव्ययप्रयोग (ablative used adverbially), ‘therefore/from that’

• vadata: tell (you all), speak
• vadata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (plural), परस्मैपद

• yat: whatever
• yat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• kṛtyam: duty, what is to be done
• kṛtyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛtya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd case/instrumental), एकवचन (singular)

• saṃsiddhyate: is accomplished, is fulfilled
• saṃsiddhyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + sidh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (is accomplished)

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Desha-kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• prakariṣyāmi: I will do, I will carry out
• prakariṣyāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• api: even though
• api: Sambandha (Concessive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘even/though’

• syāt: may be, should be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• suduṣkaram: very difficult
• suduṣkaram: Karma (Object complement/कर्मपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + duṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (a powerful agent—likely the sage Agastya—offering assistance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāmatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker, still reverent, shifts into a determined stance, requesting instructions and pledging to accomplish even the hardest task for the devas.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is fulfilled through readiness to serve the cosmic good, accepting even the hardest tasks with steadfast resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Tīrthamāhātmya setting continues; this verse focuses on the vow of service rather than naming a new tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is described; the emphasis is on commitment to a dhārmic mission.