Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तत्र राजा विदूरथः । आनर्त्तविषये जज्ञे वार्धक्यं च क्रमाद्ययौ

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya tatra rājā vidūrathaḥ | ānarttaviṣaye jajñe vārdhakyaṃ ca kramādyayau

Translation

Or, après quelque temps, il y eut un roi nommé Vidūratha, né dans le pays d’Ānarta ; et, au fil des jours, il parvint peu à peu à la vieillesse.

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite)

• तु: indeed, then
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अनुवाद-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-निपात (sequencing particle)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विदूरथः: Vidūratha
• विदूरथः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विदूरथ (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• आनर्त्तविषये: in the region of Ānarta
• आनर्त्तविषये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनर्त्त + विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वार्धक्यम्: old age
• वार्धक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्धक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• क्रमात्: gradually, in due course
• क्रमात्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (adverbial: gradually)

• ययौ: went, attained
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified king in western Indian court setting, with banners and attendants; subtle signs of aging begin to appear as time passes, foreshadowing a pilgrimage episode.

Characters & Entities

• Vidūratha
• Ānarta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It introduces a royal exemplar whose life-stage (aging) becomes the narrative occasion for demonstrating tīrtha power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter context continues the Rudraśīrṣa-tīrtha praise; this verse begins a related narrative episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative framing.