Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तेऽद्य मामीदृशं श्रुत्वा हर्षं यास्यंति निर्भयाः

Transliteration

te'dya māmīdṛśaṃ śrutvā harṣaṃ yāsyaṃti nirbhayāḥ

Translation

听闻我已变成如此，他们今日必将欢喜——毫无惧怕。

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (सर्वनाम)

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक, adverb of time)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ईदृशम्: such/like this
• ईदृशम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of implied 'अवस्था/रूपम्')

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), 'having heard'

• हर्षम्: joy
• हर्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यास्यन्ति: will attain/go to
• यास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• निर्भयाः: fearless
• निर्भयाः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of 'ते')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; the afflicted person’s lament within the narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The afflicted speaker imagines his dependents hearing the news and rejoicing fearlessly; a contrast between his sorrowful face and the imagined celebratory crowd.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly standing is unstable, and others’ reactions can be harsh; lasting security is sought not in status but in dharma and spiritual refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is mentioned in this verse; it remains part of the lament that precedes tīrtha instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is stated here.