Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वं पूरय क्षिप्रं नान्यः शक्तोऽत्र कर्मणि । शीघ्रं कुरु नगश्रेष्ठ मम कार्यमसंशयम्

Transliteration

tasmāttvaṃ pūraya kṣipraṃ nānyaḥ śakto'tra karmaṇi | śīghraṃ kuru nagaśreṣṭha mama kāryamasaṃśayam

Translation

“因此，你当速速将其填满——于此事上，别无他者能胜任。速行吧，群山之最胜者；无疑地成就我之所托。”

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Sambandha (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् (ablatival adverb), हेत्वर्थक-अव्यय

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• pūraya: fill (you)
• pūraya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pṝ (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्, causative) + loṭ (लकारः)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; णिजन्त परस्मैपद

• kṣipram: quickly
• kṣipram: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipram (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• anyaḥ: another (person)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śaktaḥ: able, capable
• śaktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śak (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• atra: here, in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• karmaṇi: in the task
• karmaṇi: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghram (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• kuru: do, perform
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + loṭ (लकारः)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• naga-śreṣṭha: O best of mountains
• naga-śreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naga (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (नगानां श्रेष्ठः)

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

• kāryam: task, work
• kāryam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• asaṃśayam: without doubt
• asaṃśayam: Sambandha (Certainty/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: a (नञ्) + saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial accusative), नञ्-समासार्थक; 'without doubt'

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-vivarā (to be filled)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Himācala

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha, authoritative and serene, addresses Himācala as a conscious being, urging him to fill the chasm swiftly; the mountain is shown as a regal figure or as a living massif responding.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Himācala (implied as nagaśreṣṭha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma calls for decisive, capable action—especially when it prevents harm and supports sacred welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse concerns repairing a “vivara/śvabhra” within the Arbuda sacred landscape, implying the sanctity of maintaining safe pilgrimage terrain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the instruction is an urgent dharmic task (land-restoration for protection).