Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अथ तद्रुदितं श्रुत्वा माता तस्या मृगावती । ससंभ्रमा समागत्य वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह

Transliteration

atha tadruditaṃ śrutvā mātā tasyā mṛgāvatī | sasaṃbhramā samāgatya vākyametaduvāca ha

Translation

പിന്നീട് ആ കരച്ചിൽ കേട്ട് അവളുടെ മാതാവ് മൃഗാവതി ആശങ്കയോടെ അവിടേക്ക് വന്ന് ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: आरम्भ/अनन्तरबोधक अव्यय (discourse particle: then/now)

• तत्-रुदितम्: that weeping/crying
• तत्-रुदितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + रुदित (कृदन्त; √रुद् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त ‘रुदित’ (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; ‘that weeping/crying’)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having heard’

• माता: mother
• माता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Genitive, Singular)

• मृगावती: Mṛgāvatī (name)
• मृगावती: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगावती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• स-सम्भ्रमा: agitated, in haste
• स-सम्भ्रमा: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स’ उपसर्गसदृश/सह-अर्थे (Feminine, Nominative, Singular; ‘with agitation/haste’)

• समागत्य: having come
• समागत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √गम् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having come/approached’

• वाक्यम्: words, speech
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)

• ह: indeed (particle)
• ह: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: पादपूरण/निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Narrator (third-person)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mother rushes in upon hearing sobs; her garments sway with haste; her face shows alarm and concern as she approaches the two girls.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛgāvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is lived through responsiveness and care—elders intervene to steady distress and guide right action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a larger chapter situated in a tīrtha-māhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.