Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

संप्राप्तोऽध्ययनार्थाय यावच्छाकल्यसन्निधौ । तावत्संप्रेषितस्तेन शांत्यर्थं भूपमंदिरे

Transliteration

saṃprāpto'dhyayanārthāya yāvacchākalyasannidhau | tāvatsaṃpreṣitastena śāṃtyarthaṃ bhūpamaṃdire

Translation

Ketika dia tiba di hadapan Śākalya untuk tujuan menuntut ilmu, pada saat itu juga dia diutus olehnya ke istana raja bagi melaksanakan upacara śānti demi ketenteraman.

Word by Word

• संप्राप्तः: having arrived
• संप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्राप्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि-प्रयोगे (arrived)

• अध्ययनार्थाय: for the purpose of study
• अध्ययनार्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्ययन + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक (purpose)

• यावत्: until/as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• शाकल्यसन्निधौ: in the presence of Śākalya
• शाकल्यसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाकल्य + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तावत्: then/so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/तावदर्थक अव्यय (then/so long/thereupon)

• संप्रेषितः: was sent
• संप्रेषितः: Kriya (Passive predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्रेषित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √प्रेष्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि (sent)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शांत्यर्थम्: for pacification/for a rite of appeasement
• शांत्यर्थम्: Karma (Goal/purpose as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (goal)

• भूपमंदिरे: in the king's palace
• भूपमंदिरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narratorial voice, as typical in Māhātmya sections)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young brāhmaṇa student arrives at the venerable teacher Śākalya; the guru dispatches him to the king’s palace to perform a śānti rite.

Characters & Entities

• Śākalya
• study (adhyayana)
• śānti
• king's palace

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Learning is integrated with service: the trained student is called from study to perform duties that protect peace and order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s tīrtha setting remains implicit; the verse highlights the functioning of dharmic service around the sacred center.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Being dispatched to perform a śānti rite at the king’s residence.