Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49
Devanagari script
तच्छ्रुत्वा तं समायाता वृत्तांतं दुःखसंयुताः
Transliteration
tacchrutvā taṃ samāyātā vṛttāṃtaṃ duḥkhasaṃyutāḥ
Translation
Ayant entendu ce récit, ils s’y rassemblèrent, accablés de chagrin.
Word by Word
तत्that (event/statement)
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) + श्रुत्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
समायाताःarrived, came together
समायाताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-या (धातु) + आयात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त (PPP) बहुवचन-प्रथमा, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (they came/arrived)
वृत्तान्तम्account, news, incident
वृत्तान्तम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
दुःख-संयुताःafflicted with sorrow
दुःख-संयुताः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formतत्पुरुषः (दुःखेन/दुःखसहिताः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (समायाताः) इति विशेषण
Speaker
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Villagers/pilgrims converge, faces marked by grief; some clasp hands, others cover their mouths in shock, forming a circle around the family near the ritual area.
Characters & Entities
T
those who assembled (unspecified)FAQs
Moral turmoil is not private alone; communities gather, grieve, and seek dharmic resolution together.
The larger narrative belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya setting in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, directing the characters toward Vāstupada.
None directly; it functions as a narrative transition marking collective concern.