Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ततस्ते विषयं प्राप्ता वृषादर्भिमहीपतेः । क्षुत्क्षामा मुनयोऽत्यर्थं देशे चानर्तसंज्ञके

Transliteration

tataste viṣayaṃ prāptā vṛṣādarbhimahīpateḥ | kṣutkṣāmā munayo'tyarthaṃ deśe cānartasaṃjñake

Translation

ຕໍ່ມາ ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ເຖິງອານາເຂດຂອງພະຣາຊາ ວຣິສາດັຣພີ; ບັນດາມຸນີຜູ້ອົດຫິວຈົນຜອມແຫ້ງ ໄດ້ມາຮອດດິນແດນທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ “ອະນັຣຕະ”.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/हेतुवाचक-अव्ययम् (then/thereupon)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• viṣayam: territory/region
• viṣayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• prāptāḥ: having reached
• prāptāḥ: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• vṛṣādarbhī-mahīpateḥ: of king Vṛṣādarbhī
• vṛṣādarbhī-mahīpateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣādarbhī (प्रातिपदिक/नाम) + mahīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचनम् (Singular); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vṛṣādarbhī-mahīpati: king named Vṛṣādarbhī)

• kṣut-kṣāmāḥ: hunger-emaciated
• kṣut-kṣāmāḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣut (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारयः (hunger-emaciated)

• munayaḥ: sages
• munayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• atyartham: excessively
• atyartham: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atyartham (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: exceedingly)

• deśe: in a country/region
• deśe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (and)

• anarta-saṃjñake: called Anarta
• anarta-saṃjñake: Adhikarana (Location qualifier/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anarta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃjñaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम् (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचनम् (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (anarta-saṃjñaka: having the name Anarta)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; unspecified in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Anarta (regional kṣetra-frame; specific tīrtha likely named in subsequent verses)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sages, frail with hunger, arrive at the border of a prosperous-looking realm; a distant fort or palace indicates King Vṛṣādarbhī’s domain, with the land labeled ‘Anarta’ in the narrative imagination.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛṣādarbhī
• Anarta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is tied to dharma: the movement of sages into a kingdom becomes the occasion for testing and revealing royal righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse names the broader region (Anarta); the specific tīrtha praised in the māhātmya is clarified in the surrounding verses of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it situates the episode within a particular land and ruler’s domain.