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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19

शैशवैः स शिशुर्नत्वा नृपं स्वसदनं ययौ । सुनीतिर्नीतिनिलयमवलोक्याथ बालकम्

śaiśavaiḥ sa śiśurnatvā nṛpaṃ svasadanaṃ yayau | sunītirnītinilayamavalokyātha bālakam

ശൈശവത്തിന്റെ ലളിതാചാരത്തോടെ ആ കുഞ്ഞ് രാജാവിനെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു സ്വന്തം വസതിയിലേക്കു പോയി. തുടർന്ന് സുനീതി സദാചാരനിലയമായ തന്റെ ബാലനെ കണ്ടു സ്നേഹത്തോടെ നിരീക്ഷിച്ചു.

शैशवैःwith childish (acts/ways)
शैशवैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशैशव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; instrumental plural (by/with childish acts)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun ‘he’
शिशुःthe child
शिशुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘the child/boy’
नत्वाhaving bowed
नत्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootनम् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bowed’
नृपम्the king
नृपम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of ‘bowed’
स्वसदनम्his own home
स्वसदनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य सदनम्) ‘one’s own house’
ययौwent
ययौ:
Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘went’
सुनीतिःSunīti
सुनीतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसुनीति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper name
नीतिनिलयम्the abode of good conduct
नीतिनिलयम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनीति (प्रातिपदिक) + निलय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (नीतेः निलयम्) ‘abode of good conduct’
अवलोक्यhaving seen
अवलोक्य:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to implied main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + लोक् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having looked at/seen’
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formसम्बन्ध/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय; particle ‘then/thereupon’
बालकम्the boy
बालकम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबालक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; object of ‘having seen’

Skanda (narrating to Agastya, per Kāśīkhaṇḍa convention)

Scene: A small prince bows with childlike simplicity before the king in a palace hall, then walks back toward his quarters; Sunīti watches him closely, sensing a change in his radiance and demeanor.

D
Dhruva
S
Sunīti
K
King (nṛpa)

FAQs

Even amid hurt and injustice, dharmic conduct begins with humility and self-restraint.

The broader frame is Kāśī in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself is narrative and does not name a specific tīrtha.

None; the verse focuses on conduct (nīti) and narrative movement.