Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तासां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दक्षो दुःखसमन्वितः । सर्वास्ताः स्वयमादाय जगाम शशिसंनिधौ

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣo duḥkhasamanvitaḥ | sarvāstāḥ svayamādāya jagāma śaśisaṃnidhau

Translation

スータは語った。彼女たちの言葉を聞いて、ダクシャは悲しみに満たされた。自ら彼女たちすべてを伴い、シャシン（月神）の御前へと赴いた。

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; speaker

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 'said'

• तासाम्: of them
• तासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; 'of them'

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; demonstrative qualifying 'vacanam'

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of 'śrutvā'

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) = gerund; 'having heard'

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; subject

• दुःखसमन्वितः: afflicted with sorrow
• दुःखसमन्वितः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'दुःखेन समन्वितः' = afflicted with sorrow

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; object qualifying 'tāḥ'

• ताः: them
• ताः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; object of 'ādāya'

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = himself

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) = gerund; 'having taken'

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 'went'

• शशिसंनिधौ: near the Moon (Soma)
• शशिसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशि (प्रातिपदिक) + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'शशेः संनिधौ' = in the presence/near the Moon

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa, grave and sorrowful, leads his daughters in a solemn procession toward the luminous realm of the Moon; the daughters cluster behind him, still tearful, as the lunar glow intensifies ahead.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Dakṣa
• Śaśin (Chandra/Soma)
• Dakṣa-jāḥ (Dakṣa’s daughters)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma causes suffering, elders and guardians are expected to intervene to re-establish righteous order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is narrative linkage within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the tīrtha focus is not explicit in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the meeting that leads to dharmic admonition.