Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । अथ शक्रं समानीय बृहस्पतिरुदारधीः । वृत्रेण सह संधानं चक्रे चैव परस्परम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | atha śakraṃ samānīya bṛhaspatirudāradhīḥ | vṛtreṇa saha saṃdhānaṃ cakre caiva parasparam

Translation

Sūta dit : « Alors Bṛhaspati, à l’intelligence noble, fit venir Śakra et conclut entre lui et Vṛtra un pacte réciproque. »

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta (narrator)
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• शक्रम्: Śakra
• शक्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समानीय: having brought (together)
• समानीय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रयोग (absolutive/gerund) ‘सम्-आ-नी’ → समानीय; अव्ययभाव (having brought)

• बृहस्पतिः: Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उदारधीः: noble-minded, of lofty intellect
• उदारधीः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदारधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् बृहस्पतिः

• वृत्रेण: with Vṛtra
• वृत्रेण: Sahakari/Instrument (Associate/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय (postposition: with)

• संधानम्: agreement, reconciliation
• संधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चक्रे: made, effected
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: परस्पर-अव्यय (reciprocal adverb)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati, radiant and composed, brings Indra before Vṛtra; a formal pact is forged between the two amid a charged, celestial atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Bṛhaspati
• Indra (Śakra)
• Vṛtra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A wise mediator can restore order through dharmic settlement; peace-making is portrayed as a form of righteous governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the emphasis is on saṃdhāna (treaty) and mutual conduct.