Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

संप्राप्तोऽध्ययनार्थाय यावच्छाकल्यसन्निधौ । तावत्संप्रेषितस्तेन शांत्यर्थं भूपमंदिरे

Transliteration

saṃprāpto'dhyayanārthāya yāvacchākalyasannidhau | tāvatsaṃpreṣitastena śāṃtyarthaṃ bhūpamaṃdire

Translation

ولمّا حضر إلى شاكَلْيَة لأجل التعلّم، في تلك اللحظة بعينها أرسله إلى قصر الملك لإقامة شعيرة الشانتي (śānti) طلبًا للسَّكينة ودفعًا للبلاء.

Word by Word

• संप्राप्तः: having arrived
• संप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्राप्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि-प्रयोगे (arrived)

• अध्ययनार्थाय: for the purpose of study
• अध्ययनार्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्ययन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक (purpose)

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• शाकल्यसन्निधौ: in the presence of Śākalya
• शाकल्यसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाकल्य + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तावत्: then/so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/तावदर्थक अव्यय (then/so long/thereupon)

• संप्रेषितः: was sent
• संप्रेषितः: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्रेषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्रेष्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि (sent)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शांत्यर्थम्: for pacification/for a rite of appeasement
• शांत्यर्थम्: Karma (Goal/purpose as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (goal)

• भूपमंदिरे: in the king's palace
• भूपमंदिरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narratorial voice, as typical in Māhātmya sections)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young brāhmaṇa student arrives at the venerable teacher Śākalya; the guru dispatches him to the king’s palace to perform a śānti rite.

Characters & Entities

• Śākalya
• study (adhyayana)
• śānti
• king's palace

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Learning is integrated with service: the trained student is called from study to perform duties that protect peace and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s tīrtha setting remains implicit; the verse highlights the functioning of dharmic service around the sacred center.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Being dispatched to perform a śānti rite at the king’s residence.