Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तेपि सन्मंत्रिणस्तूर्णं पुत्रं तस्य सुसम्मतम् । राज्ये नियोजयासमासुर्नादवादित्रनिःस्वनैः

Transliteration

tepi sanmaṃtriṇastūrṇaṃ putraṃ tasya susammatam | rājye niyojayāsamāsurnādavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ

Translation

Ces dignes ministres, eux aussi, installèrent promptement sur le trône son fils, pleinement approuvé, au milieu des sons retentissants de la musique et des instruments.

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थः ‘also’

• sat-mantriṇaḥ: good ministers
• sat-mantriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + mantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारय-समासः (‘सन्तः मन्त्रिणः’)

• tūrṇam: quickly
• tūrṇam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• putram: son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• su-sammatam: well-approved
• su-sammatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + sammata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √man (मन्) with सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘सम्मत’; अव्ययीभाव-समासः ‘सु+सम्मत’ = ‘well-approved’

• rājye: in the kingdom
• rājye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• niyojayāsa-māsuḥ: (he) appointed; (they) assembled
• niyojayāsa-māsuḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√yuj (युज्) (धातु) + ā-√sad (सद्) (धातु)
• Form: समाहार-द्विक्रिया (two finite verbs in sandhi): (1) ‘नियोजयास’ = लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (he appointed/installed); (2) ‘आसमासुः’ = लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम् (they sat/assembled). पाठे संधिः: नियोजयास + आसमासुः

• nāda-vāditra-niḥsvanaiḥ: with the sounds of drums and instruments
• nāda-vāditra-niḥsvanaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāda (प्रातिपदिक) + vāditra (प्रातिपदिक) + niḥsvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः (निर्देशः: ‘नादस्य वादित्रस्य निःस्वनैः’/‘नाद-वादित्र-निःस्वनैः’)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coronation scene: ministers place the crown on the prince; conches, drums, and vīṇā-like instruments resound; citizens witness auspicious rites in a royal hall.

Characters & Entities

• Hariścandra (contextual son)
• Ministers (mantriṇaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Social and political stability is treated as a dharmic duty; righteous counsellors safeguard continuity for the welfare of the realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is narrative scaffolding within the Tīrthamāhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed, though the scene implies a formal installation/coronation.