Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ततस्ते ब्राह्मणाः प्रोचुः संमंत्र्याऽथ परस्परम् । क्षेमाय तव भूनाथ करिष्यामोऽत्र शांतिकम्

Transliteration

tataste brāhmaṇāḥ procuḥ saṃmaṃtryā'tha parasparam | kṣemāya tava bhūnātha kariṣyāmo'tra śāṃtikam

Translation

Then those brāhmaṇas, after consulting with one another, said: “For your welfare, O lord of the earth, we shall perform the pacificatory rite (śāntika) here.”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे ‘ततः/अनन्तरम्’

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural); सर्वनाम

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural)

• procuḥ: said, spoke
• procuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• saṃmantrya: having consulted
• saṃmantrya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam+mantr (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) = gerund/absolutive; ‘संमन्त्र्य’ = having consulted

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक)

• parasparam: mutually, with each other
• parasparam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paraspara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb; अर्थे ‘परस्परम्’ = mutually

• kṣemāya: for welfare, for safety
• kṣemāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣema (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे चतुर्थी एकवचनम् (Dative singular)

• tava: of you, your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी एकवचनम् (Genitive singular); सर्वनाम

• bhūnātha: O lord of the earth (king)
• bhūnātha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū+nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूः=पृथिवी + नाथः); पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम् (Vocative singular)

• kariṣyāmaḥ: we will do
• kariṣyāmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = locative adverb

• śāṃtikam: a pacificatory rite
• śāṃtikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāntika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (responding to the King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of serene brāhmaṇas confers quietly, then addresses the king with a promise to perform a pacificatory rite at the sacred spot.

Characters & Entities

• bhūnātha (king)
• brāhmaṇāḥ
• śāntika

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective deliberation and qualified ritual action, done for kṣema, are upheld as dharmic remedies to संकट (affliction).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The rite is to be done ‘here’ (atra), within the Camatkārapura setting; this verse does not name a tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of śāntika karma (pacificatory rite) for the king’s welfare (kṣema).