Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

सौबलेन च कर्णेन तथान्यैरपि पार्थिवैः । परिवारपरित्यक्तैस्तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे चचार सः

Transliteration

saubalena ca karṇena tathānyairapi pārthivaiḥ | parivāraparityaktaistasminkṣetre cacāra saḥ

Translation

Avec Śaubala (Śakuni) et Karṇa, ainsi qu’avec d’autres rois, il erra dans ce pays sacré, ayant mis de côté leurs suites royales.

Word by Word

• सौबलेन: by Saubala (Śakuni)
• सौबलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

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

• कर्णेन: by Karṇa
• कर्णेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अन्यैः: by other
• अन्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural; विशेषण

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle)

• पार्थिवैः: by kings
• पार्थिवैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• परिवारपरित्यक्तैः: by (those) abandoned by their retinues
• परिवारपरित्यक्तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिवार + परित्यक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘परि+त्यज्’ → परित्यक्त; तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (परिवारस्य परित्यक्ताः) ‘abandoned by retinue’; Instrumental plural; विशेषण (पार्थिवैः)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सन्दर्भानुसार), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• चचार: wandered, moved about
• चचार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; Perfect, 3rd person singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, nominative singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śakuni and Karṇa, along with other kings, walk unaccompanied by chariots or banners, carrying only essentials, moving through a sacred tract with tīrtha signposts and hermitages.

Characters & Entities

• Śakuni (Śaubala)
• Karṇa
• other kings
• kṣetra (holy region)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a tīrtha, status is softened—pilgrims relinquish display and move with simplicity to receive the kṣetra’s merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra being toured in Adhyāya 72; its name is not provided in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A conduct-rule: parivāra-parityāga—setting aside large retinues while moving within the sacred area.