Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा ततः साथ निषसाद धरातले । भूमौ तद्भर्तृसंयुक्तं मुक्त्वा वंशकुटीरकम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā tataḥ sātha niṣasāda dharātale | bhūmau tadbhartṛsaṃyuktaṃ muktvā vaṃśakuṭīrakam

Translation

So sprechend setzte sie sich auf den Erdboden, ließ die kleine Bambushütte samt ihrem Gatten zurück und blieb dort auf der Erde.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: 'thus')

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (from there/then)

• साथ: immediately/then
• साथ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनन्तर्यवाचक (then, immediately)

• निषसाद: sat down
• निषसाद: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग-नि (sat down)

• धरातले: on the ground
• धरातले: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समास: धरा+तल (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'earth-surface')

• भूमौ: on the earth
• भूमौ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तद्भर्तृसंयुक्तम्: connected with her husband
• तद्भर्तृसंयुक्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + भर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: तद्+भर्तृ (षष्ठी) + संयुक्त (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः) = 'her husband-associated'

• मुक्त्वा: having left
• मुक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having left/abandoned)

• वंशकुटीरकम्: the bamboo hut
• वंशकुटीरकम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक) + कुटीरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समास: वंश+कुटीरक (तत्पुरुष: 'bamboo-hut')

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted wife sits on bare earth near a small bamboo hut in a desolate forest, leaving the hut behind as she settles into resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Dīrghikā
• Dīrghikā’s husband (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast resolve and renunciation of comfort are shown as supporting dharmic action in times of crisis.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but the specific tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a narrative action (sitting on the earth, leaving the hut).