Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

अथ तस्य समादेशाड्ढौकनीयैः पृथग्विधैः । सहितः स समायातो दूतो रक्षेंद्रनोदितः

Transliteration

atha tasya samādeśāḍḍhaukanīyaiḥ pṛthagvidhaiḥ | sahitaḥ sa samāyāto dūto rakṣeṃdranoditaḥ

Translation

«Alors, sur son ordre, le messager arriva, accompagné de divers présents dignes d’être offerts, dépêché par le seigneur des rākṣasa.»

Word by Word

• अथ: then/thereupon
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक/sequence particle)

• तस्य: of him/of that (king)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• समादेशात्: from the command/order
• समादेशात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समादेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे

• ढौकनीयैः: with items to be brought/presented
• ढौकनीयैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ढौकनीय (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: ढौकनीय (णीयत्/अनीयर्-प्रत्ययार्थक: ‘to be brought/introduced’), तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; नपुंसक/पुं-समासानुसारं; ‘पृथग्विधैः’ इत्यन्वयः

• पृथग्विधैः: of various kinds
• पृथग्विधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; ‘विविधैः’ अर्थे

• सहितः: accompanied (with)
• सहितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (अव्यय/उपसर्ग) + इ (धातु) + सहित (कृदन्त)
• Form: सहित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘accompanied’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘सः/दूतः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• समायातः: arrived
• समायातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + या (धातु) + समायात (कृदन्त)
• Form: समायात (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘came/arrived’

• दूतः: messenger
• दूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• रक्षेन्द्रनोदितः: urged by the lord of the Rakṣas
• रक्षेन्द्रनोदितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्षेन्द्र + नोदित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नोदित (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; √नुद् ‘to urge’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘रक्षेन्द्रेण नोदितः’ (instrumental sense though compounded)

Speaker

Narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa (contextual dialogue; exact speaker not explicit in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A messenger advances with attendants carrying varied tribute-gifts; the atmosphere is ceremonial, hinting at the sender’s formidable rākṣasa power yet constrained by etiquette.

Characters & Entities

• rakṣendra (lord of rākṣasas)
• dūta
• gifts/offerings

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respectful approach—through proper offerings and humility—supports reconciliation and dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is narrative; within the chapter it serves the tīrtha-māhātmya flow connected to Rāmeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied practice of bringing suitable offerings (upahāra/dhaukanīya) when approaching a king or sacred authority.