Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

बृहद्बल उवाच । पारंपर्येण राजेंद्र मयैतत्सकलं श्रुतम् । सत्यसंधो महीपालः कन्यामादाय निर्गतः

Transliteration

bṛhadbala uvāca | pāraṃparyeṇa rājeṃdra mayaitatsakalaṃ śrutam | satyasaṃdho mahīpālaḥ kanyāmādāya nirgataḥ

Translation

Bṛhadbala dit : «Ô roi, j’ai entendu tout cela selon la tradition transmise de lignée en lignée. Le roi Satyasaṃdha, emmenant la jeune fille avec lui, se mit en route.»

Word by Word

• bṛhadbalaḥ: Bṛhadbala (name)
• bṛhadbalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhadbala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (bṛhat + bala)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• pāraṃparyeṇa: by tradition, through lineage
• pāraṃparyeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāraṃparya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारवाचक

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājendra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (rājan + indra)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• sakalaṃ: entire, whole
• sakalaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (etat इत्यस्य)

• śrutam: heard
• śrutam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘श्रुतम्’ = heard

• satyasaṃdhaḥ: true to his vow
• satyasaṃdhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya + saṃdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्य संधिः सत्यः’

• mahīpālaḥ: the king
• mahīpālaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (mahī + pāla)

• kanyām: the maiden/daughter
• kanyām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• nirgataḥ: departed
• nirgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√gam (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘gone out/departed’

Speaker

Bṛhadbala

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (a king addressed in the dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A venerable speaker (Bṛhadbala) addresses a king, recounting an ancestral tale: King Satyasaṃdha departs with a maiden, leaving the city behind.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadbala
• Satyasaṃdha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching is framed as trustworthy when transmitted through pāraṃparya (tradition), linking dharma to remembered sacred history.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the narrative within the chapter’s tīrtha-focused discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.