Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अथ तं योजयामास शांत्यर्थं नृपमंदिरे । याज्ञवल्क्यं स शाकल्यः प्रतिपद्यागतं तदा

Transliteration

atha taṃ yojayāmāsa śāṃtyarthaṃ nṛpamaṃdire | yājñavalkyaṃ sa śākalyaḥ pratipadyāgataṃ tadā

Translation

Kemudian, demi pelaksanaan upacara śānti (penenteraman), Śākalya menugaskannya di istana raja—yakni Yājñavalkya yang datang pada saat itu.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (particle: then/now)

• taṃ: him
• taṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• yojayāmāsa: appointed, engaged
• yojayāmāsa: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yuj (युज् धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage ‘caused to be engaged/appointed’

• śānti-artham: for (the sake of) pacification/peace
• śānti-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: शान्त्यर्थम् (purpose: for peace); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे द्वितीया (accusative of purpose)

• nṛpa-maṃdire: in the king's palace
• nṛpa-maṃdire: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃdira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समास: नृपस्य मन्दिरम् (king's palace)

• yājñavalkyaṃ: Yājñavalkya
• yājñavalkyaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yājñavalkya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śākalyaḥ: Śākalya
• śākalyaḥ: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• pratipadya: having approached
• pratipadya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati-√pad (पद् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); उपसर्ग: प्रति (having approached/after meeting)

• āgataṃ: who had come, arrived
• āgataṃ: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√gam (गम् धातु) > āgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) विशेषण (to yājñavalkyam)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

Speaker

Narrator (exact named speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kṣetra-linked śānti-sthala (palace as ritual venue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śākalya, the royal priest, receives Yājñavalkya and appoints him to conduct pacification rites within the palace to counter the inauspicious event.

Characters & Entities

• Śākalya
• Yājñavalkya
• King (nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When disorder arises, dharma recommends śānti—restorative ritual and right counsel—guided by learned sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse focuses on palace-based śānti arrangements and does not name a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śānti (pacification) is indicated as the intended rite, performed under a qualified authority.