Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

अद्यापि त्वं नरेंद्रस्य शांत्यर्थं भवने व्रज । विशेषात्पार्थिवेंद्रेण समाहूतोऽसि पुत्रक

Transliteration

adyāpi tvaṃ nareṃdrasya śāṃtyarthaṃ bhavane vraja | viśeṣātpārthiveṃdreṇa samāhūto'si putraka

Translation

حتى اليوم، اذهب إلى دار الملك لأجل الشانتي (śānti)، أي السكينة ورفع الاضطراب. وعلى الخصوص، فقد استدعاك سيّد الملوك بنفسه—يا بُنيّ.

Word by Word

• अद्यापि: even today / still
• अद्यापि: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अद्य = कालवाचक-अव्यय (today), अपि = अव्यय (also/even)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे? (2nd person pronoun); प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नरेन्द्रस्य: of the king
• नरेन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• शान्त्यर्थम्: for (the sake of) pacification
• शान्त्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषभावः: शान्त्याः/शान्तये अर्थः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the sake of)

• भवने: in the house/palace
• भवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विशेषात्: especially / in particular
• विशेषात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (especially/by reason of)

• पार्थिवेन्द्रेण: by the earthly king
• पार्थिवेन्द्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिवेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• समाहूतः: summoned/called
• समाहूतः: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा (धातु) → समाहूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• पुत्रक: dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; स्नेहार्थक (dear son)

Speaker

Śākalya (addressing Yājñavalkya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable elder instructs a younger sage to go to the king’s palace for the sake of śānti; the palace threshold and the messenger-like urgency are emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Śākalya
• Yājñavalkya
• Narendra/Pārthivendra (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Peace is restored through timely dharmic action guided by elders; disciples serve society by carrying out righteous rites when properly instructed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on śānti-purpose service within the chapter’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A śānti-purpose visit/rite at the king’s residence is prescribed by the teacher to the disciple.