Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

आनर्तोऽपि च ताञ्छ्रुत्वा राजद्वारसमागतान् । पुरोधसा समायुक्तः संमुखं प्रययौ तदा

Transliteration

ānarto'pi ca tāñchrutvā rājadvārasamāgatān | purodhasā samāyuktaḥ saṃmukhaṃ prayayau tadā

Translation

En apprenant qu’ils étaient arrivés à la porte royale, le roi Ānarta, accompagné de son prêtre royal, sortit alors pour aller à leur rencontre, face à face.

Word by Word

• आनर्तः: Ānarta (name)
• आनर्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine; Nom; Sg.)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक निपात (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (and)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Masculine; Acc; Pl.)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• राजद्वारसमागतान्: who had come to the king’s gate
• राजद्वारसमागतान्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज-द्वार-समागत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Masculine; Acc; Pl.); विशेषण (qualifying ‘तान्’); समागत = ‘आगत’ (PPP)

• पुरोधसा: with the royal priest
• पुरोधसा: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• समायुक्तः: accompanied, joined
• समायुक्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘समायुक्त’; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (qualifying ‘आनर्तः’)

• संमुखम्: to the front, face to face
• संमुखम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: संमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘in front/face to face’)

• प्रययौ: went
• प्रययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (he went forth)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

Speaker

Deductive: Skanda (narrating the Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Ānarta, with his royal priest beside him, leaves the inner palace and walks to the gate to meet the arriving brāhmaṇas directly, signaling humility and dharmic readiness.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta
• purohita (royal priest)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rājadharma includes personal humility before dharma—kings should go forth to receive and honor Brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The royal reception takes place in the Camatkārapura-linked narrative environment, supporting its Mahātmya by depicting dharmic conduct there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it sets the stage for formal hospitality (arghya, madhuparka) described next.