Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवं सा तान्वरान्दत्त्वा सर्वेषां शापभागिनाम् । मौनव्रतपरा भूत्वा निविष्टाऽथ धरातले

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evaṃ sā tānvarāndattvā sarveṣāṃ śāpabhāginām | maunavrataparā bhūtvā niviṣṭā'tha dharātale

Translation

Sūta sprach: So gewährte sie allen, die die Last eines Fluches trugen, jene Gaben; dann widmete sie sich dem Gelübde des Schweigens und setzte sich auf die Erde.

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘उवाच’ = said

• evam: thus
• evam: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): thus/in this manner

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tān: those
• tān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘तान्’ = those

• varān: boons
• varān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: कृदन्त (absolutive/क्त्वा): अव्ययभाव; ‘दत्त्वा’ = having given

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; ‘सर्वेषाम्’ = of all

• śāpabhāginām: of those who were subject to a curse
• śāpabhāginām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): शापस्य भागिनः = those who share/receive a curse; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• maunavrataparā: devoted to the vow of silence
• maunavrataparā: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mauna-vrata (प्रातिपदिक) + parā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: मौनव्रते परा = devoted to the vow of silence; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: कृदन्त (absolutive/क्त्वा): अव्ययभाव; ‘भूत्वा’ = having become

• niviṣṭā: sat/settled
• niviṣṭā: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√viś (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त): स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘निविष्टा’ = seated/settled

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle): then/now

• dharātale: on the ground
• dharātale: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: धरायाः तलम् = surface of the earth; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied standard frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates: the boon-giving figure, having relieved the cursed, becomes silent and sits on the earth—still, grounded, radiating contained power.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After compassionately uplifting the afflicted, spiritual power is stabilized through austerity—here, the vow of silence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative continues within the Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra Māhātmya stream of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mauna-vrata (a vow of silence) is highlighted as an austerity supporting spiritual resolve.