Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा विसृज्याथ तान्विप्रान्पार्थिवोत्तमाः । तां च कन्यां समादाय ततश्चांतःपुरं ययौ

Transliteration

evamuktvā visṛjyātha tānviprānpārthivottamāḥ | tāṃ ca kanyāṃ samādāya tataścāṃtaḥpuraṃ yayau

Translation

かく言い終えると、最勝の王はその婆羅門たちを退かせ、乙女を伴って内宮へと入っていった。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (वच् धातु) → उक्त्वा (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having said)

• विसृज्य: having dismissed
• विसृज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: visṛj (वि+सृज् धातु) → विसृज्य (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having dismissed/released)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (indeclinable particle: then)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन (plural)

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (विप्र प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन

• पार्थिवोत्तमाः: the best of kings
• पार्थिवोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva + uttama (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘पार्थिवेषु उत्तमाः’ (best among kings)

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: and)

• कन्याम्: the maiden
• कन्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (कन्या प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dā (सम्+आ+दा धातु) → समादाय (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having taken)

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/काल-देशसूचक (indeclinable: then/from there)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• अन्तःपुरम्: the inner palace
• अन्तःपुरम्: Karma (Goal as object/गन्तव्य-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antaḥpura (अन्तःपुर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अन्तः + पुर) ‘inner palace/seraglio’

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, having addressed seated brāhmaṇas, dismisses them respectfully; he then takes a veiled maiden by the hand and proceeds through palace gates into the antaḥpura, attendants following.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta
• Brāhmaṇas
• Ratnāvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives model orderly dharma: honoring the worthy, concluding the audience properly, and acting with decorum.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition describing dismissal of brāhmaṇas after discourse.