Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

शिष्यं विनयसंपन्नं कृतांजलिपुटं स्थितम् । गच्छ वत्स समादेशात्सांप्रतं नृपमंदिरम्

Transliteration

śiṣyaṃ vinayasaṃpannaṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭaṃ sthitam | gaccha vatsa samādeśātsāṃprataṃ nṛpamaṃdiram

Translation

وقال للتلميذ المتحلّي بالتواضع، القائم بكفّين مضمومتين: «اذهب يا بُنيّ بأمري الآن إلى قصر الملك».

Word by Word

• शिष्यम्: the disciple
• शिष्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विनय-संपन्नम्: endowed with humility/discipline
• विनय-संपन्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinaya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpanna (कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (उपपद/संबन्ध: ‘endowed with discipline’); saṃpanna = sam-√pad क्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — qualifying ‘śiṣyam’

• कृत-अञ्जलि-पुटम्: with hands folded (in reverence)
• कृत-अञ्जलि-पुटम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त) + añjali (प्रातिपदिक) + puṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (बहुपद; ‘having made the hollow of folded hands’); kṛta = √kṛ क्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — qualifying ‘śiṣyam’

• स्थितम्: standing
• स्थितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — qualifying ‘śiṣyam’

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वत्स: dear child
• वत्स: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• समादेशात्: by (my) command
• समादेशात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam-ādeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन — ablative (‘from/according to the command’)

• सांप्रतम्: now
• सांप्रतम्: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb: now/at present)

• नृप-मन्दिरम्: the king’s palace
• नृप-मन्दिरम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘king’s palace’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — destination

Speaker

Śākalya (to the disciple, i.e., Uddālaka)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śākalya instructs a humble disciple with folded hands to go immediately to the king’s palace; the disciple stands attentive, eyes lowered in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Śākalya
• śiṣya (disciple)
• nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obedience to the guru’s command, carried with humility, is shown as the proper path of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it continues the narrative leading toward ritual action.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual yet; the instruction is to proceed to the king’s palace.