Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तत आमन्त्र्य तान्सर्वान्प्रणिपत्य मुहुर्मुहुः । स्वस्थानं प्रति संहृष्टाः प्रजग्मुः सर्व एव ते

Transliteration

tata āmantrya tānsarvānpraṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ | svasthānaṃ prati saṃhṛṣṭāḥ prajagmuḥ sarva eva te

Translation

Puis, après avoir pris congé de tous avec respect et s’être prosternés maintes fois, ils partirent tous, joyeux, vers leurs demeures respectives.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), काल/अनन्तरबोधक

• आमन्त्र्य: having invited/addressed
• आमन्त्र्य: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्ग: आ; धातु: मन्त्र् (to address/invite)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down
• प्रणिपत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + नि + पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); धातु: पत् (to fall) with उपसर्ग प्र-नि (to bow down)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरावृत्तिबोधक

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरावृत्तिबोधक (reduplication for emphasis)

• स्वस्थानम्: their own place
• स्वस्थानम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य स्थानम्)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Dik/Desha (Directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preposition), गत्यर्थे (towards)

• संहृष्टाः: delighted
• संहृष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; धातु: हृष् (to rejoice) with उपसर्ग सम्

• प्रजग्मुः: went
• प्रजग्मुः: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; धातु: गम् (to go) with उपसर्ग प्र

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारण (emphasis)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees/recipients, having received gifts and blessings, bow repeatedly to elders/priests and the shrine, then depart in orderly groups, faces bright with satisfaction; the temple and flags recede behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Kauravas
• Pāṇḍavas
• Yādavas (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes right conduct: gratitude, respectful leave-taking, and repeated salutations after sacred work.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as the setting from which they depart after worship and charity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated praṇāma (prostration/salutation) and formally taking leave (āmantrya) after completing a sacred act.