Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तया सोऽथ वित्तमादाय भूरिशः । प्रस्थितः कांतया सार्धं मुण्डीरस्वामिनं प्रति

Transliteration

evamuktastayā so'tha vittamādāya bhūriśaḥ | prasthitaḥ kāṃtayā sārdhaṃ muṇḍīrasvāminaṃ prati

Translation

ಅವಳು ಹೀಗೆ ಹೇಳಿದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅವನು ಅಪಾರ ಧನವನ್ನು ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಂಡು, ತನ್ನ ಕಾಂತೆಯೊಂದಿಗೆ ಮුණ್ಡೀರಸ್ವಾಮಿಯ ಕಡೆಗೆ ಹೊರಟನು।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्तः: having been told
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘so’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तया: by her
• तया: Karaṇa/Agent-in-passive (by her)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (then/now)

• वित्तम्: wealth
• वित्तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• भूरिशः: in plenty; abundantly
• भूरिशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरि (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘शस्’ प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (in abundance/many times)

• प्रस्थितः: set out; departed
• प्रस्थितः: Kriyā (Predicative action/state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘he set out’ (predicate)

• कान्तया: with (his) beloved/wife
• कान्तया: Saha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Saha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (together with)

• मुण्डीरस्वामिनम्: Muṇḍīra-svāmin (the lord of Muṇḍīra)
• मुण्डीरस्वामिनम्: Karma (Goal/target)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुण्डीर (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘मुण्डीरस्य स्वामी’; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Dik/Adhikaraṇa (Direction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय/उपपद)
• Form: अव्यय; उपपद-प्रयोगः (towards)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Muṇḍīrasvāmin

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The couple departs with bundles and a small chest of coins/wealth; the road leads toward a temple marked ‘Muṇḍīrasvāmin’; morning light suggests auspicious departure.

Characters & Entities

• Muṇḍīrasvāmin
• vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• kāntā (wife)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is ideally joined with preparedness for dharmic giving (dāna) and firm resolve toward darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Muṇḍīrasvāmin is named as the key destination, indicating a revered local shrine within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha network.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While not explicit, “taking abundant wealth” implies readiness for offerings and charity customary in tīrtha practice.