Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
Devanagari script
बहुधेत्थं समालोच्य विधूमो निश्चिकाय सः । कौशांबीनगरे राजा शतानीक इति श्रुतः
Transliteration
bahudhetthaṃ samālocya vidhūmo niścikāya saḥ | kauśāṃbīnagare rājā śatānīka iti śrutaḥ
Translation
Après avoir délibéré de bien des façons, Vidhūma prit une décision : dans la cité de Kauśāmbī règne un roi renommé du nom de Śatānīka.
Word by Word
बहुधाin many ways
बहुधा:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootबहुधा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb ‘in many ways’)
इत्थम्thus
इत्थम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्थम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (thus, in this manner)
समालोच्यhaving reflected
समालोच्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-लुच्/लोच् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (having considered)
विधूमःVidhūma (name)
विधूमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविधूम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
निश्चिकायhe decided/determined
निश्चिकाय:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-चि (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
कौशाम्बीनगरेin the city of Kauśāmbī
कौशाम्बीनगरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकौशाम्बी + नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कौशाम्ब्याः नगरम्)
राजाking
राजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
शतानीकःŚatānīka
शतानीकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशतानीक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)
इतिthus, named
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)
श्रुतःknown/heard of
श्रुतः:
Karta (Predicate nominal/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त (Past Passive Participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘श्रुतः’ = प्रसिद्धः (well-known)
Speaker
Narrator (deduced).
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kauśāmbī
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A visionary gaze toward a fortified ancient city with palaces and banners; the figure resolves upon King Śatānīka as future father, with courtly imagery implied.
Characters & Entities
V
VidhūmaK
KauśāmbīŚ
ŚatānīkaFAQs
Karma expresses itself through concrete historical lineages; the Purāṇa grounds spiritual causality in royal genealogy.
No tīrtha is praised in this verse; it introduces Kauśāmbī as a narrative setting for the rebirth thread.
None.