Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततस्ते मंत्रिणः प्रोचुर्वसिष्ठं स्वपुरोहितम् । वचोऽर्थं नृपतेरस्य कुरूपायं महामुने

Transliteration

tataste maṃtriṇaḥ procurvasiṣṭhaṃ svapurohitam | vaco'rthaṃ nṛpaterasya kurūpāyaṃ mahāmune

Translation

ထို့နောက် မန္တရိတို့သည် မိမိတို့၏ ရာဇပုရောဟိတ် ဝသိဋ္ဌ မဟာမုနိကို ခေါ်၍ “အို မဟာမုနိ၊ ဤမင်း၏ အကျပ်အတည်းအတွက် ကုထုံးတစ်ရပ် စီမံပေးပါ” ဟု လျှောက်ကြသည်။

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): thereafter

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• maṃtriṇaḥ: ministers
• maṃtriṇaḥ: Karta (Apposition to te)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• procuḥ: said/spoke
• procuḥ: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम

• vasiṣṭham: Vasiṣṭha
• vasiṣṭham: Karman (Object addressed/mentioned)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasiṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• sva-purohitam: their own family priest
• sva-purohitam: Karman (Apposition to vasiṣṭham)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + purohita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य पुरोहितः)

• vacaḥ: speech/words
• vacaḥ: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• artham: for the purpose/meaning
• artham: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (as purpose)

• nṛpateḥ: of the king
• nṛpateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kurūpāyam: to/for the ill-formed one (Kurūpa)
• kurūpāyam: Sampradāna (Intended recipient; contextually)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kurūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; 'कुरूप' = ill-formed/ugly; (पाठे 'कुरूपायम्' इति सम्भाव्य; अत्र 'कुरūpāyam' = 'to the ill-formed one' इत्यर्थे चतुर्थी अपेक्ष्यते)

• mahāmune: O great sage
• mahāmune: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मुनिः)

Speaker

Narrator (ministers speaking within the narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Royal court: worried ministers approach Vasiṣṭha seated in calm austerity; the king appears distressed in the background; sacred fire and ritual implements indicate purohita status.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• ministers
• king

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In crisis, dharma turns to enlightened counsel; the purohita guides rulers toward righteous and sacred solutions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not yet named in this verse; the counsel will point to Sārasvata Tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An ‘upāya’ (remedial means) is requested; the specific rite (tīrtha-snāna) is given later.