Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

आदेशो दीयतामस्य दुःखं कर्तुं च नार्हसि । अवश्यं यदि भक्तोऽसि तत्र प्रेषय सत्वरम्

Transliteration

ādeśo dīyatāmasya duḥkhaṃ kartuṃ ca nārhasi | avaśyaṃ yadi bhakto'si tatra preṣaya satvaram

Translation

把命令交给他；你不应使他受苦。若你确实忠于本分与法义，就立刻派他前往那里。

Word by Word

• आदेशः: command/order
• आदेशः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दीयताम्: let (it) be given
• दीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let it be given’

• अस्य: of him/for him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• दुःखम्: pain/sorrow
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to cause/do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), ‘to do/make’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

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

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• अवश्यम्: certainly
• अवश्यम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: certainly/necessarily)

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

• भक्तः: devotee
• भक्तः: Predicative (Complement/पूरक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √भज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

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

• प्रेषय: send
• प्रेषय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + इष्/इष् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• सत्वरम्: swiftly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The personified great mountain/authority figure addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha instructs the mountain-king to issue orders; Nandivardhana/Arbuda stands ready; the sage’s raised hand signals urgency tempered by compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Himavān
• Nandivardhana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to dharma includes promptness and compassion—one should act swiftly without inflicting needless suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the instruction serves the broader Arbuda-khaṇḍa sacred mission.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an ethical injunction to issue orders and dispatch assistance.