Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तत्र रात्रिं समासाद्य श्रांताः पांथाः समन्ततः । सुप्ताः स्थानानि संसृत्य गता निद्रावशं तथा

Transliteration

tatra rātriṃ samāsādya śrāṃtāḥ pāṃthāḥ samantataḥ | suptāḥ sthānāni saṃsṛtya gatā nidrāvaśaṃ tathā

Translation

সেই ঠাইত ৰাতি আহিল; চাৰিওফালে ক্লান্ত পথিকসকলে নিজৰ নিজৰ ঠাই ল’লে শুই পৰিল আৰু তেনেকৈ নিদ্ৰাৰ অধীন হ’ল।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• रात्रिम्: the night
• रात्रिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• समासाद्य: having reached
• समासाद्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु) → समासाद्य (क्त्वा/ल्यप्)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया 'having reached/arrived at'

• श्रान्ताः: tired
• श्रान्ताः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रान्त (प्र-√श्रम् धातु → क्त/PPP)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• पान्थाः: travellers
• पान्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• समन्ततः: on all sides, all around
• समन्ततः: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परितः/सर्वतः-अर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सुप्ताः: fell asleep / were asleep
• सुप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (धातु) → सुप्त (क्त/PPP)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तरि 'having slept/being asleep'

• स्थानानि: places, spots
• स्थानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• संसृत्य: having gone to / having moved to
• संसृत्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√सृ (धातु) → संसृत्य (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वान्त); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया 'having moved/approached'

• गताः: went, proceeded
• गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (क्त/PPP)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तरि 'having gone'

• निद्रावशम्: into the power of sleep
• निद्रावशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा + वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'निद्रायाः वशः' (sleep's control)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) — inferred for Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrthamāhātmya narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night in the desert: weary travelers spread out, bedding down in a circle; dim firelight; vast starry sky; silence and exhaustion.

Characters & Entities

• Travelers (pāṃtha)
• Night (rātri)
• Sleep (nidrā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human vulnerability in travel underscores the need for dharma, vigilance, and reliance on divine grace earned through merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the chapter’s tīrtha frame remains Ānarteśvara and its sacred waters.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the travelers resting for the night.