Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

अथ यावद्गृहे सोऽथ भोजनाथं समुद्यतः । तावत्तस्य पशोः स्वामी भर्त्सयन्समुपागतः

Transliteration

atha yāvadgṛhe so'tha bhojanāthaṃ samudyataḥ | tāvattasya paśoḥ svāmī bhartsayansamupāgataḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് അവൻ ഭക്ഷണത്തിനായി വീട്ടിലേക്കു പുറപ്പെട്ടു. അതിനിടയിൽ ആ മൃഗത്തിന്റെ ഉടമ അവനെ ശാസിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് എത്തി.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sequence (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle), अर्थः—‘then/now’

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Time limit (काल-सीमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), ‘as long as/until’

• gṛhe: in the house
• gṛhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sequence (क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), पुनरुक्त-क्रमसूचक

• bhojanātham: for eating/for food
• bhojanātham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (purpose): ‘भोजनस्य अर्थम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samudyataḥ: was ready, set out
• samudyataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+ud√yam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—‘set out/ready’

• tāvat: then
• tāvat: Correlation (यावत्-तावत्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative adverb), ‘then/so long’

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• paśoḥ: of the animal
• paśoḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• svāmī: the owner
• svāmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhartsayan: rebuking
• bhartsayan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bharts (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—‘rebuking’

• samupāgataḥ: came up, approached
• samupāgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam+upa√gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थः—‘came/approached’

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Outside a modest dwelling at dusk, the animal’s owner confronts the leper-traveler, finger raised in accusation; the traveler recoils, anxious, with the stream and hills faintly visible in the background.

Characters & Entities

• owner (svāmī)
• animal (paśu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly duty brings accountability; the narrative prepares for a dharmic test and the tīrtha’s transformative outcome.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 212; this verse itself focuses on the human conflict, not the site’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.