Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

सपत्नीकस्य मित्राणां यच्च दुःखमुपस्थितम् । निवेद्य तत्तथा प्रोचुर्भू योऽपिविनयान्वितम्

Transliteration

sapatnīkasya mitrāṇāṃ yacca duḥkhamupasthitam | nivedya tattathā procurbhū yo'pivinayānvitam

Translation

さらに彼らは、友人たちが妻とともに被った悲嘆を申し上げ、しかるのち再び、へりくだって語り続けた。

Word by Word

• सपत्नीकस्य: of the man with his wife
• सपत्नीकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-पत्नी-क (प्रातिपदिक; स + पत्नी + क-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘पत्नी सहित’ इति विशेषणार्थक-समासान्त-प्रातिपदिक

• मित्राणाम्: of (his) friends
• मित्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Karma/Predicate complement (Object/पूरक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत्

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• दुःखम्: sorrow, distress
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• उपस्थितम्: that had arisen/occurred
• उपस्थितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘प्राप्तम्/आगतं’

• निवेद्य: having reported/informed
• निवेद्य: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष ल्यपन्त अव्यय; पूर्वक्रिया (having informed)

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रोचुः: they said, they spoke
• प्रोचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• भूः: Earth / O Earth
• भूः: Karta/Addressed (Subject or Vocative context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक/नाम; ‘भू’ = पृथ्वी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे अपि प्रयोगः सम्भवः

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Modifier (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चय/अपेक्षाबोधक-निपात (particle)

• विनय-अन्वितम्: endowed with humility
• विनय-अन्वितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘विनयेन अन्वितम्’ (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of anxious townsmen with their wives, hands folded, narrate their sorrow to a seated learned authority in a सभा-like setting; faces show humility and worry.

Characters & Entities

• friends (mitra)
• wives (patnī)
• Bhartṛyajña (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and truthful reporting are essential when seeking dharmic remedy for collective suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Vāstupada, approached as a place where dharmic doubts and crises are resolved.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes vinaya and proper petitioning as part of dharmic process.