Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः । चकार गमने बुद्धियोगं सांबोऽर्बुदं प्रति

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etacchrutvā vacastasya devadevasya cakriṇaḥ | cakāra gamane buddhiyogaṃ sāṃbo'rbudaṃ prati

Translation

قال سوتا: لما سمع سامبا كلمات إلهِ الآلهة، حاملِ القرص، عزم في قلبه على الرحيل، وجعل وجهته نحو أربودا.

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन; 'श्रुत्वा' इत्यस्य कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• वचः: the words
• वचः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन; 'तस्य' इति षष्ठीसम्बन्धः

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/6th case), एकवचन

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक; देव + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/6th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (देवानां देवः)

• चक्रिणः: of the discus-bearer (Viṣṇu)
• चक्रिणः: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध/6th case), एकवचन

• चकार: made / performed
• चकार: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• गमने: for the journey / in going
• गमने: Adhikaraṇa (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन; प्रयोजन/विषयार्थे

• बुद्धियोगम्: a resolve/plan (mental preparation)
• बुद्धियोगम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि-योग (प्रातिपदिक; बुद्धि + योग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (बुद्ध्या योगः / बुद्धेः योगः)

• साम्बः: Sāmba
• साम्बः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/1st case), एकवचन

• अर्बुदम्: Arbuda (mountain/place)
• अर्बुदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/2nd case), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Gati/Direction (Direction/गति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात, दिशार्थक (preposition)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (contextual frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates to seated sages; in a secondary vignette, Viṣṇu (Cakrī) gives instruction, and Sāmba forms the resolve to travel toward the Arbuda mountain shown in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Devadeva (epithet)
• Cakrin (discus-bearer)
• Sāmba
• Arbuda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine instruction is received, one should form firm resolve and undertake the journey toward a sanctified place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda, the sacred region toward which Sāmba begins his pilgrimage (within the adhyāya’s tīrtha framework).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act prescribed is tīrtha-gamana—setting out for the holy place as a dharmic remedy.