Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततो हृष्टमना दक्षः सुताः सर्वा हिमद्युते । निवेद्यामंत्र्य तं पश्चाज्जगाम निजमंदिरम्

Transliteration

tato hṛṣṭamanā dakṣaḥ sutāḥ sarvā himadyute | nivedyāmaṃtrya taṃ paścājjagāma nijamaṃdiram

Translation

そのときダクシャは心喜び、氷のごとく冷ややかに輝く御方（月神）に、すべての娘たちを捧げ奉った。礼拝して辞去したのち、彼は自らの住まいへ帰って行った。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb): ‘then/thereupon’

• hṛṣṭa-manāḥ: delighted-minded
• hṛṣṭa-manāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa-manas (प्रातिपदिक: हृष्ट + मनस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘having a delighted mind’

• dakṣaḥ: Dakṣa
• dakṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• sutāḥ: daughters
• sutāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sutā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with sutāḥ)

• hima-dyute: O snow-radiant one
• hima-dyute: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hima-dyuti (प्रातिपदिक: हिम + द्युति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: हिमस्य द्युतिः (snow-like radiance)

• nivedya: having informed
• nivedya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vid (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययार्थे ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund): निवेद्य ‘having informed/submitted’

• āmantrya: having taken leave
• āmantrya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-mantr (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having taken leave/asked permission’

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb): ‘afterwards’

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nija-mandiram: his own abode
• nija-mandiram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija-mandira (प्रातिपदिक: निज + मन्दिर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: ‘one’s own house/temple’

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice; action by Dakṣa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa, pleased, formally presents his daughters to the Moon (icy-radiant Soma); after respectful salutations and leave-taking, he departs to his abode.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Himadyuti (Chandra/Soma)
• Dakṣa’s daughters

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is affirmed and consented to, the guardian’s mind finds peace; order is re-established through right counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes formal presentation and respectful leave-taking.