Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

स दृष्ट्वा ताञ्जनान्सर्वांस्तथा दुःखपरिप्लुतान् । पुत्रदारादिकं स्मृत्वा रुदतः करुणं बहु

Transliteration

sa dṛṣṭvā tāñjanānsarvāṃstathā duḥkhapariplutān | putradārādikaṃ smṛtvā rudataḥ karuṇaṃ bahu

Translation

Als er all jene Menschen so von Leid überflutet sah und an Sohn, Gattin und die übrigen dachte, weinte er lange und klagend, von tiefem Mitgefühl bewegt.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• जनान्: people
• जनान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Accusative, Plural; adjective)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus/so)

• दुःखपरिप्लुतान्: overwhelmed by sorrow
• दुःखपरिप्लुतान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + परि + प्लुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Accusative, Plural; adjective)

• पुत्रदारादिकम्: sons, wife, and the like (family etc.)
• पुत्रदारादिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + दार + आदिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; collective dvandva)

• स्मृत्वा: having remembered
• स्मृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• रुदतः: of (him) crying
• रुदतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुद् (धातु) → रुदत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्तः (शतृ); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Present participle; Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• करुणम्: piteously
• करुणम्: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: करुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; used adverbially)

• बहु: much/a lot
• बहु: Kriya-vishesana (Degree/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्ययवत् परिमाणवाचक (indeclinable-like quantifier)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Trijāta-āśrama (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Trijāta, upon seeing the sorrow-stricken crowd, is overcome; tears stream as he recalls his own family—son, wife—his posture softening from austere firmness to compassionate vulnerability.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassion and remembrance of one’s duties arise naturally when witnessing collective suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse continues the narrative context within the Tīrthamāhātmya; it does not name a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes an emotional and ethical turning-point rather than a rite.