Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

याज्ञवल्क्यस्ततः शिष्यमन्यं प्रोवाच सादरम् । ततस्तं मधुकं पैग्यं प्रेषयामास तद्गृहे

Transliteration

yājñavalkyastataḥ śiṣyamanyaṃ provāca sādaram | tatastaṃ madhukaṃ paigyaṃ preṣayāmāsa tadgṛhe

Translation

তখন যাজ্ঞবল্ক্য সাদরে অন্য এক শিষ্যকে বললেন; পরে মধুক পৈগ্যকে সেই গৃহে পাঠালেন।

Word by Word

• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Yājñavalkya
• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—काल/अनुक्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal/sequential adverb)

• शिष्यम्: a disciple
• शिष्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘śiṣyam’)

• प्रोवाच: said; spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सादरम्: respectfully; with courtesy
• सादरम्: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (sequential adverb)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मधुकम्: Madhuka
• मधुकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper name)

• पैग्यम्: Paigya (descendant of Pigu)
• पैग्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पैग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम्/गोत्र-विशेषण (patronymic)

• प्रेषयामास: sent; dispatched
• प्रेषयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + इष्/इष् (धातु) [प्रेषयति—णिच्]
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘caused to go/sent’)

• तद्गृहे: in that house
• तद्गृहे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Yājñavalkya, serene and authoritative, turns to another disciple and instructs him respectfully; the disciple Madhuka Paigya prepares to depart toward the afflicted house.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Madhuka Paigya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through disciplined lineages—teachers deploy trained disciples to restore peace and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identified in this verse; it is part of the chapter’s tīrtha-centered narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied śānti/benediction service carried out by a designated disciple.