Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

मया त्याज्यो भवेत्क्षिप्रमित्थं चक्रे स संविदम्

Transliteration

mayā tyājyo bhavetkṣipramitthaṃ cakre sa saṃvidam

Translation

“Người ấy phải bị ta lập tức gạt bỏ”—nói vậy, Rāma đã lập lời ước định ấy (làm quy tắc cho cuộc hội kiến kín).

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive sense/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्याज्यः: to be abandoned
• त्याज्यः: Pradhāna-predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्याज्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; त्यज् धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: 'to be abandoned'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवेत्: should be
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्रम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• इत्थम्: thus
• इत्थम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner adjunct/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb: thus)

• चक्रे: made
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संविदम्: agreement, understanding
• संविदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संविद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sahasradhārā (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense, hushed moment: Rāma resolves, ‘He must be cast off by me at once,’ sealing a secret compact; the scene conveys duty over emotion, with Kāla as witness and a shadow of impending separation.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A king’s word and vow are binding; dharma often demands painful adherence to an agreed rule once it is set.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; it is part of the narrative chain leading to Sahasradhārā’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual; it states a strict condition of a confidential pact.