Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

सुता दक्षस्य विप्रेंद्रा शंकरस्य वचः स्मरन् । ततो हर्ष समायुक्ता वभूवुस्तदनंतरम्

Transliteration

sutā dakṣasya vipreṃdrā śaṃkarasya vacaḥ smaran | tato harṣa samāyuktā vabhūvustadanaṃtaram

Translation

ໂອ ພຣາຫມັນຜູ້ປະເສີດ, ບຸດສາວຂອງທັກສະ ໄດ້ລະລຶກພຣະວາຈາຂອງພຣະສັງກະຣະ (ສິວະ) ແລ້ວ ກໍເກີດຄວາມປິຕິຍິນດີທັນທີຕໍ່ມາ।

Word by Word

• सुताः: daughters
• सुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• दक्षस्य: of Dakṣa
• दक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• विप्रेन्द्राः: chief among brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Apposition/Viśeṣya (in apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः)

• शंकरस्य: of Śaṅkara
• शंकरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• वचः: words, command
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• स्मरन्: remembering
• स्मरन्: Karta (Participial qualifier of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन/बहुवचन-प्रयोगे (अत्र बहुवचन-विषये ‘स्मरन्त्यः’ अपेक्षितम्; पाठानुसारः ‘स्मरन्’)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय: ‘then’

• हर्ष: joy
• हर्ष: Sahakārī-bhāva (Accompaniment/भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; (समायुक्ता इत्यनेन सह ‘हर्षेण’ अपेक्षितार्थः)

• समायुक्ताः: endowed/filled (with)
• समायुक्ताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातोः)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्त (PPP)

• वभूवुः: became
• वभूवुः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्: thereupon
• तत्: Sambandha (Deictic)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (समासपूर्व/निर्देशक): ‘thereupon/that’

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक): ‘immediately after’

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a Brahmin listener, viprendrā)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra (addressed as ‘O best of Brahmins’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa’s daughters, portrayed as a group of radiant women, recall Śaṅkara’s words and become joyful; the scene is domestic yet sacred, with subtle Śiva symbols (trident, crescent, bilva) in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Dakṣa’s daughters
• Śiva (Śaṅkara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Remembrance of the Lord’s decree and trust in dharma dispels suffering and yields joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, it supports the tīrtha-māhātmya of Somēśvara-linked shrines whose sanctity is rooted in this resolution.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it narrates the emotional and dharmic outcome.