Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

ततश्च मंत्रिभिस्तस्य सत्यसेन इति स्मृतः । अभिषिक्तः सुतो राज्ये वीर्योदार्यसमन्वितः

Transliteration

tataśca maṃtribhistasya satyasena iti smṛtaḥ | abhiṣiktaḥ suto rājye vīryodāryasamanvitaḥ

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം മന്ത്രിമാർ ‘സത്യസേനൻ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധനായ അവന്റെ പുത്രനെ രാജസ്ഥാനത്ത് അഭിഷേകം ചെയ്തു; അവൻ വീര്യവും ഔദാര്യവും സമന്വിതനായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: 'तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्' (thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय-बोधक) = conjunction 'and'

• मंत्रिभिः: by the ministers
• मंत्रिभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन = Masculine, Instrumental plural

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन = Genitive singular (of him)

• सत्यसेनः: (named) Satyasena
• सत्यसेनः: Karma (Object complement/name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya-sena (प्रातिपदिक; सत्य + सेना)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular; नाम (proper name)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक) = quotative particle

• स्मृतः: was called/known
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √smṛ (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = past passive participle 'remembered/called'

• अभिषिक्तः: was anointed
• अभिषिक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√sic (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = past passive participle 'anointed/crowned'

• सुतः: the son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana (Location/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन = Neuter, Locative singular

• वीर्योदार्यसमन्वितः: endowed with valor and generosity
• वीर्योदार्यसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīrya + udārya + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक; समन्वित = √anv-i + sam + kta)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative singular; विशेषण (qualifying 'सुतः')

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal consecration: ministers anoint Satyasena, a youthful prince with heroic bearing, in a court setting with ritual vessels and auspicious emblems.

Characters & Entities

• Satyasena
• Ministers (Mantrin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Orderly succession guided by counsel and consecration is portrayed as part of rāja-dharma, sustaining stability for dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it advances the story that belongs to the broader sacred-place (tīrtha) glorification section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka (anointing/consecration) is referenced as the formal rite of installing the king.