Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

ततः संबोध्य तं कृच्छाद्दृष्टान्तैर्वहुविस्तरैः । राजर्षीणां पुराणानां महद्व्यसनसंभवैः

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃbodhya taṃ kṛcchāddṛṣṭāntairvahuvistaraiḥ | rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāṃ mahadvyasanasaṃbhavaiḥ

Translation

Dann brachten sie ihn nur mit Mühe wieder zur Besinnung, indem sie viele weitgespannte Beispiele anführten—aus alten Überlieferungen über Königs-Ṛṣis und die großen Heimsuchungen, die sie trafen.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thereupon/then’

• संबोध्य: having addressed
• संबोध्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + बुध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी; ‘having addressed/roused’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृच्छात्: with difficulty
• कृच्छात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘with difficulty’

• दृष्टान्तैः: by examples
• दृष्टान्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• बहु-विस्तरैः: with extensive detail
• बहु-विस्तरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘with much elaboration’

• राजर्षीणाम्: of royal sages
• राजर्षीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• पुराणानाम्: of ancient (tales/records)
• पुराणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• महत्-व्यसन-संभवैः: arising from great misfortunes
• महत्-व्यसन-संभवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक) + संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘arising from great calamities’

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience (implicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages and attendants gather around a grief-stricken king, gently addressing him with illustrative stories of ancient royal sages and their misfortunes, attempting to rouse him from despair.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Rājarṣis (royal sages)
• Ministers (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural memory and exemplary stories steady the mind; dharma is reinforced through Purāṇic precedent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya, but it primarily highlights teaching through Purāṇic exempla.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.