Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

तत आदाय मां कृच्छ्रान्निन्युश्च स्वगृहं प्रति । रुदन्तं प्रस्खलन्तं च मुह्यमानं पदेपदे

Transliteration

tata ādāya māṃ kṛcchrānninyuśca svagṛhaṃ prati | rudantaṃ praskhalantaṃ ca muhyamānaṃ padepade

Translation

Dann nahmen sie mich mit großer Mühe und führten mich zurück zu ihrem Haus—während ich weinte, taumelte, stolperte und bei jedem Schritt den Sinn verlor.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse/temporal connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ablative adverb: ‘thereupon/from there’)

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), ‘taking’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म)

• कृच्छ्रात्: with difficulty
• कृच्छ्रात्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; पञ्चमी-अर्थे (adverbial ablative: ‘with difficulty’)

• निन्युः: they led/took (me)
• निन्युः: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्वगृहम्: to (their) own house
• स्वगृहम्: Karma/Goal (Destination as object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (svam gṛham)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Gati/Adhikaraṇa (Directional marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition/postposition indicating direction)

• रुदन्तम्: crying
• रुदन्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier of ‘mām’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘crying’

• प्रस्खलन्तम्: stumbling
• प्रस्खलन्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्कल् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘stumbling’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुह्यमानम्: being bewildered
• मुह्यमानम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (धातु)
• Form: शानच् (Present middle participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘becoming bewildered’

• पदे: at (each) step
• पदे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative: at each step)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः

• पदे: at (each) step
• पदे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘पदे पदे’ इति द्विरुक्तिः

Speaker

Narrator (unnamed male speaker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Friends or relatives support a grief-stricken man, half-collapsing, as they lead him along a path toward a village home; his tears fall, feet falter, eyes unfocused.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unruled grief clouds discernment; dharma requires steadiness even when the mind is overwhelmed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative flow; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative description rather than a vrata/dāna/snān injunction.