Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

अद्यापि त्वं नरेंद्रस्य शांत्यर्थं भवने व्रज । विशेषात्पार्थिवेंद्रेण समाहूतोऽसि पुत्रक

Transliteration

adyāpi tvaṃ nareṃdrasya śāṃtyarthaṃ bhavane vraja | viśeṣātpārthiveṃdreṇa samāhūto'si putraka

Translation

Geh noch heute in die Residenz des Königs um der śānti, der Befriedung, willen. Zumal dich der Herr der Könige eigens rufen ließ, mein Sohn.

Word by Word

• अद्यापि: even today / still
• अद्यापि: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अद्य = कालवाचक-अव्यय (today), अपि = अव्यय (also/even)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे? (2nd person pronoun); प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नरेन्द्रस्य: of the king
• नरेन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• शान्त्यर्थम्: for (the sake of) pacification
• शान्त्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषभावः: शान्त्याः/शान्तये अर्थः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (for the sake of)

• भवने: in the house/palace
• भवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• व्रज: go
• व्रज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विशेषात्: especially / in particular
• विशेषात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (especially/by reason of)

• पार्थिवेन्द्रेण: by the earthly king
• पार्थिवेन्द्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिवेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• समाहूतः: summoned/called
• समाहूतः: Karta (Predicate adjective to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-ह्वा (धातु) → समाहूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• असि: are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुत्रक: dear son
• पुत्रक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; स्नेहार्थक (dear son)

Speaker

Śākalya (addressing Yājñavalkya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable elder instructs a younger sage to go to the king’s palace for the sake of śānti; the palace threshold and the messenger-like urgency are emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Śākalya
• Yājñavalkya
• Narendra/Pārthivendra (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Peace is restored through timely dharmic action guided by elders; disciples serve society by carrying out righteous rites when properly instructed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on śānti-purpose service within the chapter’s sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A śānti-purpose visit/rite at the king’s residence is prescribed by the teacher to the disciple.