Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
Devanagari script
मणिभद्रो गृहस्यांतर्भुक्त्वा शयनमाश्रितः । संतिष्ठते न जानाति वृत्तांतमिदमा स्थितम्
Transliteration
maṇibhadro gṛhasyāṃtarbhuktvā śayanamāśritaḥ | saṃtiṣṭhate na jānāti vṛttāṃtamidamā sthitam
Translation
മണിഭദ്രൻ വീട്ടിനകത്ത് ഭക്ഷണം കഴിച്ച് ശയനം ആശ്രയിച്ച് വിശ്രമിച്ചു. അവൻ അവിടെയേ നിന്നു; സംഭവിച്ച വൃത്താന്തം അറിയാതെയിരുന്നു.
Word by Word
मणिभद्रःMaṇibhadra
मणिभद्रः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमणिभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
गृहस्यof the house
गृहस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
अन्तःinside
अन्तः:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/locative sense)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्तः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्ग/अव्ययीभावार्थे अव्यय (adverb: 'inside')
भुक्त्वाhaving eaten
भुक्त्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/preceding action)
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), 'having eaten'
शयनम्bed; sleeping-place
शयनम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशयन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
आश्रितःhaving taken refuge in; having lain on
आश्रितः:
Karta (कर्ता; predicate participle of subject)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-श्रि (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having resorted to/lying on'
संतिष्ठतेstands; remains
संतिष्ठते:
Kriya (क्रिया/finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-स्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध/negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
जानातिknows
जानाति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
वृत्तान्तम्the event; the account
वृत्तान्तम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
इदम्this
इदम्:
Visheshya (विशेष्य; apposition to वृत्तान्तम्)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम
आindeed; just
आ:
Nipata (निपात/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपसर्ग/निपात (emphatic/augment-like particle)
स्थितम्occurred; happened; situated
स्थितम्:
Karma (कर्म; predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'occurred/placed' (agreeing with इदम्/वृत्तान्तम्)
Speaker
Ṣaṇḍha (continuing)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Inside a modest house: Maṇibhadra, having eaten, lies resting; outside, faint commotion hints at impending revelation.
Characters & Entities
M
MaṇibhadraFAQs
It highlights how confusion arises when identities are mistaken—setting the stage for truth to be revealed.
Not named in this verse.
None.