Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
सर्वतः स तमालोक्य ततो वचनमब्रवीत्
Transliteration
sarvataḥ sa tamālokya tato vacanamabravīt
Translation
Nachdem er ihn von allen Seiten betrachtet hatte, sprach er darauf diese Worte.
Word by Word
सर्वतःfrom all sides, everywhere
सर्वतः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): 'सर्वतः' = सर्वदिक्-पर्यन्तम् (from all sides)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
तम्him
तम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
आलोक्यhaving seen
आलोक्य:
Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआ√लोक् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (having seen)
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): 'ततः' = तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (then/thereupon)
वचनम्speech, words
वचनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अब्रवीत्said, spoke
अब्रवीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker
Narrator (contextual; unspecified in snippet)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A figure circles another, examining him from all sides in a courtyard or threshold space, about to speak an accusation; attendants watch, the air charged with suspicion.
FAQs
Careful observation precedes right speech; discernment is presented as the basis for dharmic response.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.