Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

ततः पाठावसाने तु मध्यगः प्राह सादरम् । परावसुसमुद्भूतं वृत्तांतं तस्य भूपतेः

Transliteration

tataḥ pāṭhāvasāne tu madhyagaḥ prāha sādaram | parāvasusamudbhūtaṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ

Translation

ನಂತರ ಪಠಣವು ಮುಗಿದಾಗ, ಮಧ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತಿದ್ದವನು ಆದರದಿಂದ ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಪರಾವಸುವಿನಿಂದ ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿದ ಆ ರಾಜನ ವೃತ್ತಾಂತವನ್ನು.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)

• पाठावसाने: at the end of the recitation
• पाठावसाने: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाठ (प्रातिपदिक) + अवसान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पाठस्य अवसानम्

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-अव्यय (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• मध्यगः: the one standing/being in the middle
• मध्यगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (गम्-धातु से कृत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: मध्ये गतः

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: अह्/ब्रू (उपसर्ग: प्र)

• सादरम्: respectfully
• सादरम्: Kala/Desha-adhikarana (Manner/रीत्यधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), नपुंसक-द्वितीया-एकवचनरूपेण प्रयुक्तम् (adverbial accusative)

• परावसुसमुद्भूतम्: arisen from Parāvasu
• परावसुसमुद्भूतम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परावसु (प्रातिपदिक) + सम् + उद् + भू (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: परावसोः समुद्भूतम्

• वृत्तान्तम्: account/narrative
• वृत्तान्तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• भूपतेः: of the king
• भूपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: भूः पाति इति/भू-पतिः

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembly of dvijas/ṛtviks (inner audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After chanting ends, a speaker seated in the middle of the assembly rises slightly and begins recounting Parāvasu’s account concerning a king; listeners lean in, the ritual space now turning into a storytelling sabhā.

Characters & Entities

• Parāvasu
• bhūpati (king)
• madhyaga (central figure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred recitation culminates in remembered tradition—kathā and lineage memory reinforce dharma and identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It notes pāṭha (formal recitation) and its completion as a cue for subsequent discourse.