Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

स ततः प्रेषयामास शांत्यर्थं तत्र सत्पुरे । सुसंभारान्विशेषेण दक्षिणाश्च विशेषतः

Transliteration

sa tataḥ preṣayāmāsa śāṃtyarthaṃ tatra satpure | susaṃbhārānviśeṣeṇa dakṣiṇāśca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ثم أرسل إلى تلك المدينة النبيلة لأجل طقوس التسكين (śānti) لوازمَ شعائرَ وافرة، ولا سيما دَكْشِنَا (dakṣiṇā) سخيةً من العطايا للكهنة.

Word by Word

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

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Temporal/Source adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमार्थक (from then/thereafter)

• प्रेषयामास: sent/dispatched
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√इष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शान्ति-अर्थम्: for pacification
• शान्ति-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (accusative of purpose), ‘शान्त्यर्थम्’ = for pacification

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सत्-पुरे: in the good city
• सत्-पुरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘सत् पुरम्’ इति कर्मधारय

• सु-संभारान्: excellent requisites/materials
• सु-संभारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + संभारा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; ‘सु(=उत्तम) संभारा’ इति कर्मधारय

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Manner/Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषणत्वे (instrumental used adverbially)

• दक्षिणाः: fees/gifts (to priests)
• दक्षिणाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: particularly
• विशेषतः: Manner/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/विशेषार्थक (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Satpura (as named in verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Royal envoys depart with carts of ritual supplies—ghee, grains, cloth, vessels—along with heavy purses of dakṣiṇā, heading toward a revered city where priests await.

Characters & Entities

• king
• satpura (noble city)
• śānti (pacification)
• dakṣiṇā (priestly fee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld not only by intention but by proper ritual support—supplying the rite and honoring the officiants through dakṣiṇā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse mentions a 'satpura' (noble city) but does not name the tīrtha in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Arranging śānti (pacification) rites with full ritual materials (saṃbhāra) and dakṣiṇā to the priests.