Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तत आमन्त्र्य तान्सर्वान्प्रणिपत्य मुहुर्मुहुः । स्वस्थानं प्रति संहृष्टाः प्रजग्मुः सर्व एव ते

Transliteration

tata āmantrya tānsarvānpraṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ | svasthānaṃ prati saṃhṛṣṭāḥ prajagmuḥ sarva eva te

Translation

それから彼らは皆に恭しく別れを告げ、幾度も礼拝して、喜びに満ちてそれぞれの住処へと旅立った。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), काल/अनन्तरबोधक

• आमन्त्र्य: having invited/addressed
• आमन्त्र्य: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्ग: आ; धातु: मन्त्र् (to address/invite)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down
• प्रणिपत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + नि + पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); धातु: पत् (to fall) with उपसर्ग प्र-नि (to bow down)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरावृत्तिबोधक

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनरावृत्तिबोधक (reduplication for emphasis)

• स्वस्थानम्: their own place
• स्वस्थानम्: Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य स्थानम्)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Dik/Desha (Directional)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preposition), गत्यर्थे (towards)

• संहृष्टाः: delighted
• संहृष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; धातु: हृष् (to rejoice) with उपसर्ग सम्

• प्रजग्मुः: went
• प्रजग्मुः: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; धातु: गम् (to go) with उपसर्ग प्र

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधारण (emphasis)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees/recipients, having received gifts and blessings, bow repeatedly to elders/priests and the shrine, then depart in orderly groups, faces bright with satisfaction; the temple and flags recede behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Kauravas
• Pāṇḍavas
• Yādavas (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes right conduct: gratitude, respectful leave-taking, and repeated salutations after sacred work.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as the setting from which they depart after worship and charity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Repeated praṇāma (prostration/salutation) and formally taking leave (āmantrya) after completing a sacred act.