Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तेपि सन्मंत्रिणस्तूर्णं पुत्रं तस्य सुसम्मतम् । राज्ये नियोजयासमासुर्नादवादित्रनिःस्वनैः

Transliteration

tepi sanmaṃtriṇastūrṇaṃ putraṃ tasya susammatam | rājye niyojayāsamāsurnādavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ

Translation

ते सन्मंत्रीही त्वरितच, नाद-वाद्यांच्या गजरात, त्याच्या सर्वमान्य व सुयोग्य पुत्रास राज्यपदी नेमून बसविले।

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थः ‘also’

• sat-mantriṇaḥ: good ministers
• sat-mantriṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक) + mantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; कर्मधारय-समासः (‘सन्तः मन्त्रिणः’)

• tūrṇam: quickly
• tūrṇam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• putram: son
• putram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• su-sammatam: well-approved
• su-sammatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + sammata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √man (मन्) with सम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘सम्मत’; अव्ययीभाव-समासः ‘सु+सम्मत’ = ‘well-approved’

• rājye: in the kingdom
• rājye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• niyojayāsa-māsuḥ: (he) appointed; (they) assembled
• niyojayāsa-māsuḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√yuj (युज्) (धातु) + ā-√sad (सद्) (धातु)
• Form: समाहार-द्विक्रिया (two finite verbs in sandhi): (1) ‘नियोजयास’ = लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (he appointed/installed); (2) ‘आसमासुः’ = लुङ् (Aorist), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम् (they sat/assembled). पाठे संधिः: नियोजयास + आसमासुः

• nāda-vāditra-niḥsvanaiḥ: with the sounds of drums and instruments
• nāda-vāditra-niḥsvanaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāda (प्रातिपदिक) + vāditra (प्रातिपदिक) + niḥsvana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुष-समासः (निर्देशः: ‘नादस्य वादित्रस्य निःस्वनैः’/‘नाद-वादित्र-निःस्वनैः’)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coronation scene: ministers place the crown on the prince; conches, drums, and vīṇā-like instruments resound; citizens witness auspicious rites in a royal hall.

Characters & Entities

• Hariścandra (contextual son)
• Ministers (mantriṇaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Social and political stability is treated as a dharmic duty; righteous counsellors safeguard continuity for the welfare of the realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is narrative scaffolding within the Tīrthamāhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed, though the scene implies a formal installation/coronation.