Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

साक्षतं सुमनोयुक्तं समादाय गतस्ततः । संतिष्ठते नृपो यत्र आनर्तो त्रतसंयुतः

Transliteration

sākṣataṃ sumanoyuktaṃ samādāya gatastataḥ | saṃtiṣṭhate nṛpo yatra ānarto tratasaṃyutaḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് അദ്ദേഹം അക്ഷതവും പുഷ്പങ്ങളും കൈക്കൊണ്ട്, അനുചരസഹിതമായി നിന്നിരുന്ന ആനർത്തരാജൻ ഉണ്ടായിരുന്ന സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് ചെന്നു.

Word by Word

• साक्षतम्: unbroken rice (akṣata)
• साक्षतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स-अक्षत (प्रातिपदिक; अक्षत=अखण्डित तण्डुल, with स- prefix)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• सुमनोयुक्तम्: accompanied with flowers
• सुमनोयुक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमनस् + युक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; युज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally; ‘joined with flowers’

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having taken’

• गतः: went
• गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) used as finite sense; ‘gone/went’

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Adhikarana/Desha-Kala (Locative sense/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/देश-कालवाचक; ‘from there/then’

• संतिष्ठते: stands/remains
• संतिष्ठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; ‘stands/remains’

• नृपः: the king
• नृपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक; ‘where’

• आनर्तः: Ānarta (a person/king named Ānarta)
• आनर्तः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनर्त (प्रातिपदिक; देश/जननाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular masculine

• त्रतसंयुतः: endowed with ‘trata’ (as an epithet)
• त्रतसंयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रत + संयुत (कृदन्त; युज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘endowed/associated with trat(a)’ (epithet)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The priest carries akṣata and flowers and approaches the king of Ānarta, who stands surrounded by attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta (region)
• king (nṛpa)
• akṣata
• flowers (sumanaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious substances like akṣata and flowers symbolize purity and reverence, preparing the setting for mantra and ritual action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references Ānarta and a royal setting; it does not explicitly name a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Carrying akṣata (unbroken rice) and flowers as auspicious ritual materials when approaching the king for the rite.