Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततोऽहं तेन संत्यक्तस्तत्पुत्रान्प्राप्य निष्ठुरान् । प्रोक्तवानथ तत्सर्वं यद्वसिष्ठस्य कीर्तितम्

Transliteration

tato'haṃ tena saṃtyaktastatputrānprāpya niṣṭhurān | proktavānatha tatsarvaṃ yadvasiṣṭhasya kīrtitam

Translation

ຕໍ່ມາ ຂ້ອຍຖືກລາວລະທິ້ງ; ແລະເມື່ອໄດ້ພົບລູກຊາຍທີ່ແຂງກະດ້າງຂອງລາວ ຂ້ອຍໄດ້ເລົ່າໃຫ້ພວກເຂົາຟັງທຸກຢ່າງທີ່ວະສິດຖະ (Vasiṣṭha) ໄດ້ກ່າວແລະປະກາດໄວ້।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anukrama (Sequence/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्/ततः इति अव्यय (sequence/thereafter)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tena: by him
• tena: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃtyaktaḥ: abandoned
• saṃtyaktaḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tat: his
• tat: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचनार्थे (समासपूर्वपद-रूपेण); 'putrān' विशेषणार्थे

• putrān: sons
• putrān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• prāpya: having reached/meeting
• prāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+āp (धातु) + य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• niṣṭhurān: harsh/cruel
• niṣṭhurān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣṭhura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (putrān)

• proktavān: (I) spoke/told
• proktavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+vac (धातु)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'sarvaṃ' विशेषणार्थे

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yat: which/that which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक

• vasiṣṭhasya: of Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭhasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive)

• kīrtitam: was narrated/mentioned
• kīrtitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrt (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified character speaking in first person (within Sūta’s narration in this adhyāya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone figure, newly abandoned, confronts stern sons; he recounts Vasiṣṭha’s proclaimed words. The sons’ faces show hardness; the speaker shows earnestness and vulnerability.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speech and testimony within dharma-narratives can trigger consequences; one must speak with awareness of context and temperament.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative setup within the broader tīrtha-glorification chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is descriptive, recounting events and dialogue.