Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

एवं संबोधयित्वा मां गृहीत्वा ते मुहुर्जनैः । निन्यु र्गृहं ततः सर्वे वनात्तस्मात्सुदारुणात्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃbodhayitvā māṃ gṛhītvā te muhurjanaiḥ | ninyu rgṛhaṃ tataḥ sarve vanāttasmātsudāruṇāt

Translation

Setelah demikian menenangkan dan menasihati aku, orang-orang itu berulang kali memegangku; kemudian mereka semua membawa aku pulang, menjauh dari rimba yang amat mengerikan itu.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• संबोधयित्वा: having consoled/admonished
• संबोधयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-बुध् (धातु) + णिच् + त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having consoled/awakened (addressed)’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गृहीत्वा: having taken (hold of)
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), ‘having taken/seized’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (repeatedly)

• जनैः: by/with people
• जनैः: Karana (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सहकारक/सहयोग

• निन्युः: they led (away)
• निन्युः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृहम्: to the house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गत्यर्थकक्रियायाः कर्म

• ततः: then/from there
• ततः: Apadana/Desha-Kala (Source/Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/काल/स्थानवाचक (from there/then)

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वनात्: from the forest
• वनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; निर्देश (that)

• सुदारुणात्: very dreadful
• सुदारुणात्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying वन)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator/character in the episode (context not provided in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of villagers/pilgrims supports a shaken man, holding his arms and leading him along a path out of a dark forest toward a distant village/home with lamps; the forest appears menacing behind.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Good counsel and supportive community can pull a person back from fear and confusion toward dharmic stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this isolated verse; it belongs to a broader tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this shloka.