Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
मणिभद्रो गृहस्यांतर्भुक्त्वा शयनमाश्रितः । संतिष्ठते न जानाति वृत्तांतमिदमा स्थितम्
Transliteration
maṇibhadro gṛhasyāṃtarbhuktvā śayanamāśritaḥ | saṃtiṣṭhate na jānāti vṛttāṃtamidamā sthitam
Translation
Unterdessen hatte Maṇibhadra im Haus gegessen und sich zum Ruhen auf das Lager begeben. Er blieb dort, ohne zu wissen, was geschehen war.
Word by Word
मणिभद्रःMaṇibhadra
मणिभद्रः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमणिभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
गृहस्यof the house
गृहस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
अन्तःinside
अन्तः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्ग/अव्ययीभावार्थे अव्यय (adverb: 'inside')
भुक्त्वाhaving eaten
भुक्त्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/preceding action)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), 'having eaten'
शयनम्bed; sleeping-place
शयनम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशयन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
आश्रितःhaving taken refuge in; having lain on
आश्रितः:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate participle of subject)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-श्रि (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having resorted to/lying on'
संतिष्ठतेstands; remains
संतिष्ठते:
Kriya (क्रिया/finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-स्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
जानातिknows
जानाति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वृत्तान्तम्the event; the account
वृत्तान्तम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
इदम्this
इदम्:
Visheshya (विशेष्य; apposition to वृत्तान्तम्)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
आindeed; just
आ:
Nipata (निपात/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपात (emphatic/augment-like particle)
स्थितम्occurred; happened; situated
स्थितम्:
Karma (कर्म; predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'occurred/placed' (agreeing with इदम्/वृत्तान्तम्)
Speaker
Ṣaṇḍha (continuing)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Inside a modest house: Maṇibhadra, having eaten, lies resting; outside, faint commotion hints at impending revelation.
Characters & Entities
M
MaṇibhadraFAQs
It highlights how confusion arises when identities are mistaken—setting the stage for truth to be revealed.
Not named in this verse.
None.