Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते दुःखितः पाकशासनः । गौतमं च समानीय तत्रैव च पितामहः

Transliteration

jagāma tatra yatrāste duḥkhitaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | gautamaṃ ca samānīya tatraiva ca pitāmahaḥ

Translation

তেওঁ তাত গ’ল য’ত দুখিত পাকশাসন বহি আছিল; আৰু তাতেই পিতামহ ব্ৰহ্মাই গৌতমকো লগত আনিলে।

Word by Word

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Perfect, 3rd person, Singular (Parasmaipada)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक देशवाचक (relative adverb: 'where')

• āste: sits, remains
• āste: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ās (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular (Ātmanepada)

• duḥkhitaḥ: distressed
• duḥkhitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkhita (प्रातिपदिक; √duḥkh/duḥkha + ita)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular (agreeing with pākaśāsanaḥ)

• pākaśāsanaḥ: Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• pākaśāsanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāka (प्रातिपदिक) + śāsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पाकस्य शासकः/शासनं यस्य)

• gautamam: Gautama
• gautamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• samānīya: having brought
• samānīya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-√nī (धातु) + ya (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यबन्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); 'having brought/led together'

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (Emphasis/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• pitāmahaḥ: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā arrives at the sorrowful Indra’s seat; Gautama is respectfully brought in—an image of compassionate intervention and dharmic inquiry.

Characters & Entities

• Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Resolution requires meeting directly, hearing all sides, and involving both authority (Brahmā) and sanctity (a sage).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.