Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ममांतिकं प्रपन्नस्य तव जातं युगत्रयम् । अतीता भूतले मर्त्या ये दृष्टाः प्राक्त्वया नृप

Transliteration

mamāṃtikaṃ prapannasya tava jātaṃ yugatrayam | atītā bhūtale martyā ye dṛṣṭāḥ prāktvayā nṛpa

Translation

Wahai Raja, sejak tuanku datang berlindung di sisiku, bagi tuanku telah berlalu tiga yuga. Para manusia yang dahulu tuanku lihat di bumi, wahai raja, semuanya telah pun pergi (meninggal).

Word by Word

• mama: of me/my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• antikam: near (me)/to my presence
• antikam: Gati/Adhikarana (Goal/स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘प्रपन्नस्य’ इत्यस्य उपपद-सम्बन्धे गत्यर्थक-भावे (to the vicinity)

• prapannasya: of (one) who has come/surrendered
• prapannasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√pad (धातु) → prapanna (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त—‘having resorted/surrendered’

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jātam: has arisen/has come to pass
• jātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु) → jāta (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त—‘has occurred/has been born’; ‘युगत्रयम्’ इत्यस्य विधेय

• yugatrayam: a triad of ages/three yugas
• yugatrayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास—संख्यापूर्वक

• atītāḥ: passed away
• atītāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: atīta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-निष्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘मर्त्याः’ इत्यस्य

• bhūtale: on the earth’s surface
• bhūtale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• martyāḥ: mortals/men
• martyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭāḥ: were seen
• dṛṣṭāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) → dṛṣṭa (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त—‘seen’; कर्मणि-भावे ‘त्वया’ इत्यनेन कर्तृकरण

• prāk: formerly/before
• prāk: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prāk (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr̥ (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्वद्-शब्दः, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्तृकरणे (agent in passive)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (context suggests a being revealing supernatural time-span to a king)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king stands bewildered before a radiant being/sage; behind them, a cosmic backdrop suggests yuga cycles—fading silhouettes of people the king once knew, now gone; the earth below appears changed.

Characters & Entities

• nṛpa (king)
• yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time is sovereign; even royal life and human relationships pass away, so one should seek the timeless refuge of dharma and sacred presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha context is implied (Tīrthamāhātmya), but the specific place-name is not stated in this verse snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is directly prescribed in this verse.