Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तृप्तिं नेष्यति ते सर्वं सैन्यं पार्थिवसत्तम । तस्मादानीयतां क्षिप्रं पश्य मे धेनुजं फलम्

Transliteration

tṛptiṃ neṣyati te sarvaṃ sainyaṃ pārthivasattama | tasmādānīyatāṃ kṣipraṃ paśya me dhenujaṃ phalam

Translation

അവൾ, ഹേ രാജശ്രേഷ്ഠാ, നിന്റെ മുഴുവൻ സൈന്യത്തെയും തൃപ്തിയിലേക്കു നയിക്കും. അതിനാൽ അവളെ ഉടൻ കൊണ്ടുവരിക—എന്റെ ധേനുവിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച ഫലം കാണുക.

Word by Word

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचन

• नेष्यति: will bring/lead to
• नेष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन; विशेषण to सैन्यम्

• सैन्यम्: army
• सैन्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nom./1st), एकवचन

• पार्थिवसत्तम: O best of kings
• पार्थिवसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आनीयताम्: let (it) be brought
• आनीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आज्ञार्थे (injunctive sense: ‘let it be brought’)

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• क्षिप्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• धेनुजम्: produced from the cow
• धेनुजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धेनु + ज (प्रातिपदिक; ज = ‘born/produced’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण to फलम्

• फलम्: result/fruit
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the king (addressed as ‘pārthiva-sattama’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandinī is summoned; the king is invited to witness the tangible ‘fruit’ of the sacred cow—food and satisfaction spreading through the entire army.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Nandinī
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual power is shown in sustaining others; dharmic abundance is meant for service, not display.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha is specified in this verse; the chapter belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya sequence but this line is narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied is the duty of feeding guests and dependents to full satisfaction (tṛpti), akin to annadāna.