Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

ततः स सचिवान्सर्वान्प्रेषयित्वा गृहं प्रति । एकाकी भिक्षुरूपेण स्थितस्तत्रैव सत्पुरे

Transliteration

tataḥ sa sacivānsarvānpreṣayitvā gṛhaṃ prati | ekākī bhikṣurūpeṇa sthitastatraiva satpure

Translation

Daraufhin schickte er alle seine Minister nach Hause zurück und blieb dort in jener edlen Stadt allein, als Bettelmönch verkleidet.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सचिवान्: ministers
• सचिवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सचिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier of सचिवान्)

• प्रेषयित्वा: having sent
• प्रेषयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: प्रेषय-)

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Gati (Directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपपद-प्रयोग (towards; governs accusative)

• एकाकी: alone
• एकाकी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of स)

• भिक्षुरूपेण: in the form of a mendicant
• भिक्षुरूपेण: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षु (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी): भिक्षोः रूपम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थितः: stayed, remained
• स्थितः: Kriya (State/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (स्थित)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अवस्थावाचक

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (there)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Nipata (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• सत्पुरे: in the holy city
• सत्पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: सत् पुरम् (good/holy city); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king removes royal insignia, dons simple mendicant cloth, sends ministers away, and stands alone near a temple street or dharmaśālā in the ‘noble city’.

Characters & Entities

• rājā (the king)
• sacivāḥ (ministers)
• satpura (noble city)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and anonymity can be necessary for dharma-seeking; inner purpose outweighs royal status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse keeps the location general (“that noble city”), continuing the tīrtha-context without naming the specific site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse describes the king’s preparation—solitude and a mendicant’s guise—to pursue a sacred solution.