Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 163

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा स प्रसुष्वाप पत्न्याथ कन्यया समम्

Transliteration

ityuktvā sa prasuṣvāpa patnyātha kanyayā samam

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് അവൻ ഭാര്യയോടും കന്യയോടും കൂടി ഉറങ്ങിപ്പോയി.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• प्रसुष्वाप: fell asleep
• प्रसुष्वाप: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्वप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पत्न्या: with (his) wife
• पत्न्या: Sahakaraka (सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequencing particle)

• कन्यया: with the girl
• कन्यया: Sahakaraka (सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समम्: together
• समम्: Adverbial (सहभाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘together/equally’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A quiet night interior: the father, mother, and maiden asleep together; lamps dim; the stillness feels protective yet precarious.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Carelessness and moral laxity at night become the doorway to adharma; vigilance is praised in dharma-narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame; the specific tīrtha is not named in this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative setup.