Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

अथ ता दुःखिता भूयो जग्मुर्यत्र पिता स्थितः । प्रोचुश्च बाष्पपूर्णाक्षास्तत्कालसदृशं वचः

Transliteration

atha tā duḥkhitā bhūyo jagmuryatra pitā sthitaḥ | procuśca bāṣpapūrṇākṣāstatkālasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ

Translation

やがて彼女たちは悲嘆に沈み、再び父のいる所へ赴いた。涙に満ちた眼で、その時の苦しみにふさわしい言葉を語った。

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• tāḥ: they (those women)
• tāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• duḥkhitāḥ: distressed
• duḥkhitāḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkhita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (again/further)

• jagmuḥ: went
• jagmuḥ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम्-धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (स्थानाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक/स्थानवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• pitā: father
• pitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (पितृ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sthitaḥ: was situated
• sthitaḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (स्था-धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘standing/being situated’

• procuḥ: said
• procuḥ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vac (वच्-धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• bāṣpa-pūrṇa-akṣāḥ: with eyes full of tears
• bāṣpa-pūrṇa-akṣāḥ: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣi (अक्षि-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (bāṣpeṇa pūrṇāni akṣīṇi yāsām); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• tatkāla-sadṛśam: befitting that moment
• tatkāla-sadṛśam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tat (तद्) + kāla (काल) + sadṛśa (सदृश)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (tatkālasya sadṛśam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (vacaḥ-विशेषण)

• vacaḥ: speech, words
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana/vacas (वचस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Sūta)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of sorrowful women, eyes brimming with tears, walk together toward Dakṣa’s seat; their garments and posture show distress, yet their approach is orderly and purposeful.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grief is acknowledged, but it is brought before rightful authority (the father), reflecting dharma through proper recourse and truthful speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as narrative transition within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this shloka itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it sets the scene for the ensuing dharmic consequences.