Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

रोरूयमाणमालोक्य ततस्ते नागरा द्विजाः । दयां च महतीं कृत्वा ततः प्रोचुः परस्परम्

Transliteration

rorūyamāṇamālokya tataste nāgarā dvijāḥ | dayāṃ ca mahatīṃ kṛtvā tataḥ procuḥ parasparam

Translation

Seeing him weeping aloud, those Nāgara Brāhmaṇas, moved by great compassion, then spoke among themselves.

Word by Word

• रोरूयमाणम्: crying, weeping
• रोरूयमाणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुद् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; (one who is crying)

• आलोक्य: having seen
• आलोक्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; उपसर्ग: आ- (having seen)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/अनन्तर) (then)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (Masculine, Nom, Plural; pronoun)

• नागराः: citizens, townsmen
• नागराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

• द्विजाः: twice-born (brāhmaṇas etc.)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

• दयाम्: compassion
• दयाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd case, Accusative), एकवचन (Feminine, Acc, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महतीम्: great
• महतीम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine, Acc, Singular; adjective)

• कृत्वा: having made/shown
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done/made)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (then)

• प्रोचुः: said, spoke
• प्रोचुः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• परस्परम्: to one another, mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय (परस्पर-भावे) adverb ‘mutually/to one another’

Speaker

Sūta (narration continues)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of Nāgara brāhmaṇas observe Puṣpa’s loud weeping; their faces soften, and they gather in a small circle to deliberate a remedy.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgara dvijāḥ
• Puṣpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes compassionate guidance: the learned aid the remorseful by directing them toward valid means of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha setting is implicit; the verse highlights the dharmic community within the sacred locale of Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not yet; the brāhmaṇas are about to consult śāstra and purāṇa for an authoritative prescription.