Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अथ वृद्धैः समाश्वस्तश्चित्रवर्मा महीपतिः । शनैर्नगरमागत्य सान्त्वयामास चात्मजाम्

Transliteration

atha vṛddhaiḥ samāśvastaścitravarmā mahīpatiḥ | śanairnagaramāgatya sāntvayāmāsa cātmajām

Translation

Daraufhin kehrte König Citravarmā, von den Ältesten getröstet, langsam in die Stadt zurück und sprach seiner Tochter Trost zu.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse marker (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: then/now)

• वृद्धैः: by the elders
• वृद्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• समाश्वस्तः: consoled, reassured
• समाश्वस्तः: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + श्वस् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle): ‘समाश्वसितः/समाश्वस्तः’

• चित्रवर्मा: Chitravarma
• चित्रवर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रवर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महीपतिः: the king
• महीपतिः: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति (प्रातिपदिक: मही + पति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शनैः: slowly
• शनैः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: slowly/gradually)

• नगरम्: the city
• नगरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive): having come

• सान्त्वयामास: consoled
• सान्त्वयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सान्त्वय् (धातु; नामधातु from सान्त्व)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (and)

• आत्मजाम्: his daughter
• आत्मजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मजा (प्रातिपदिक: आत्मन् + जा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आत्मनः जा)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Citravarmā, steadied by venerable elders, returns slowly to the city; he approaches his grieving daughter and speaks words of comfort, his hand raised in reassurance.

Characters & Entities

• Citravarmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Elders and wise counsel help restore balance; dharma includes compassionate support for the afflicted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates consolation and return to the city.