Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तत्र राजा विदूरथः । आनर्त्तविषये जज्ञे वार्धक्यं च क्रमाद्ययौ

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tatra rājā vidūrathaḥ | ānarttaviṣaye jajñe vārdhakyaṃ ca kramādyayau

Translation

ثم بعد مُدّةٍ من الزمان كان هناك ملكٌ يُدعى وِدورَثَه، وُلِد في أرض آنَرْتَه؛ ومع تعاقب الأيام مضى شيئًا فشيئًا إلى الشيخوخة.

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite)

• तु: indeed, then
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अनुवाद-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-निपात (sequencing particle)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विदूरथः: Vidūratha
• विदूरथः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदूरथ (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• आनर्त्तविषये: in the region of Ānarta
• आनर्त्तविषये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनर्त्त + विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वार्धक्यम्: old age
• वार्धक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्धक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• क्रमात्: gradually, in due course
• क्रमात्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial: gradually)

• ययौ: went, attained
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified king in western Indian court setting, with banners and attendants; subtle signs of aging begin to appear as time passes, foreshadowing a pilgrimage episode.

Characters & Entities

• Vidūratha
• Ānarta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It introduces a royal exemplar whose life-stage (aging) becomes the narrative occasion for demonstrating tīrtha power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter context continues the Rudraśīrṣa-tīrtha praise; this verse begins a related narrative episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative framing.