Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततश्च मंत्रिभिस्तस्य सत्यसेन इति स्मृतः । अभिषिक्तः सुतो राज्ये वीर्योदार्यसमन्वितः

Transliteration

tataśca maṃtribhistasya satyasena iti smṛtaḥ | abhiṣiktaḥ suto rājye vīryodāryasamanvitaḥ

Translation

Ensuite, son fils, connu sous le nom de Satyasena, fut oint par les ministres pour la royauté, pourvu de vaillance et d’une noble générosité.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: 'तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्' (thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक) = conjunction 'and'

• मंत्रिभिः: by the ministers
• मंत्रिभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन = Masculine, Instrumental plural

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन = Genitive singular (of him)

• सत्यसेनः: (named) Satyasena
• सत्यसेनः: Karma (Object complement/name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya-sena (प्रातिपदिक; सत्य + सेना)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक) = quotative particle

• स्मृतः: was called/known
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = past passive participle 'remembered/called'

• अभिषिक्तः: was anointed
• अभिषिक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√sic (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = past passive participle 'anointed/crowned'

• सुतः: the son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana (Location/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन = Neuter, Locative singular

• वीर्योदार्यसमन्वितः: endowed with valor and generosity
• वीर्योदार्यसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīrya + udārya + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; समन्वित = √anv-i + sam + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular; विशेषण (qualifying 'सुतः')

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal consecration: ministers anoint Satyasena, a youthful prince with heroic bearing, in a court setting with ritual vessels and auspicious emblems.

Characters & Entities

• Satyasena
• Ministers (Mantrin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Orderly succession guided by counsel and consecration is portrayed as part of rāja-dharma, sustaining stability for dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it advances the story that belongs to the broader sacred-place (tīrtha) glorification section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka (anointing/consecration) is referenced as the formal rite of installing the king.