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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। सूत उवाच । तास्तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय चक्रुस्तच्छक्रशासनम् । सूतिकागृहधर्मे यत्तच्चक्रुस्तस्य सर्वशः

Transliteration

| sūta uvāca | tāstatheti pratijñāya cakrustacchakraśāsanam | sūtikāgṛhadharme yattaccakrustasya sarvaśaḥ

Translation

Sūta sprach: „Mit den Worten ‚So sei es‘ gelobten sie es und führten Śakras Befehl aus; und in jeder Hinsicht taten sie alles, was als Pflicht in der Geburtskammer vorgeschrieben ist.“

Word by Word
सूतःSūta (the narrator)
सूतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
ताःthey (those women)
ताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
तथाthus
तथा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण: ‘thus/so’)
इतिthus (quoting)
इति:
Sambandha (Quotative/इति-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उद्धरण/quotative particle)
प्रतिज्ञायhaving promised
प्रतिज्ञाय:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति+ज्ञा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव
चक्रुःthey did
चक्रुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
शक्रशासनम्Indra’s command
शक्रशासनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र + शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शक्रस्य शासनम्)
सूतिकागृहधर्मेin the rules/observances of the lying-in room
सूतिकागृहधर्मे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसूतिका + गृह + धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सूतिकायाः गृहः; तस्मिन् धर्मः/धर्मे)
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (संबन्धे)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (यत्-तत्-संबन्ध)
चक्रुःthey did
चक्रुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
तस्यof him/that
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन
सर्वशःin every way; completely
सर्वशः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वशः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण: ‘entirely/in every way’)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/paurāṇika narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates: women/attendants accept Indra’s command and carefully perform all duties of the lying-in chamber—protective, orderly, ritualized domestic space.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
Ś
Śakra (Indra)
Ṣ
Ṣaṭkṛttikāḥ

FAQs

Dharma is upheld through disciplined observance—sacred outcomes arise when divine instruction is followed with care.

The tīrtha framework remains the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse focuses on observance rather than naming the site.

It references sūtikāgṛha-dharma—proper maternity/lying-in observances—performed fully.

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