Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

पार्थिवोऽपि समन्वेष्य यत्नात्तान्सर्वतो मुनीन् । निर्विण्णः श्रमार्तश्च भार्याव्यसनदुःखितः

Transliteration

pārthivo'pi samanveṣya yatnāttānsarvato munīn | nirviṇṇaḥ śramārtaśca bhāryāvyasanaduḥkhitaḥ

Translation

ରାଜା ମଧ୍ୟ ସେହି ମୁନିମାନଙ୍କୁ ସର୍ବତ୍ର ଯତ୍ନରେ ଖୋଜିଲେ; କିନ୍ତୁ ଭାର୍ଯ୍ୟାର ବିପଦଜନିତ ଦୁଃଖରେ ପୀଡ଼ିତ ହୋଇ ସେ ନିର୍ବିଣ୍ଣ ଓ ଶ୍ରମାର୍ତ୍ତ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• पार्थिवः: the king
• पार्थिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-कार) — ‘also/even’

• समन्वेष्य: having searched for
• समन्वेष्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अनु + इष्/एष् (धातु: अन्वेष्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having searched’

• यत्नात्: with effort
• यत्नात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘with effort’

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• सर्वतः: everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘from all sides/everywhere’

• मुनीन्: sages
• मुनीन्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• निर्विण्णः: despondent
• निर्विण्णः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + विद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle in sense of state), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘disheartened’

• श्रम-आर्तः: wearied
• श्रम-आर्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘afflicted by fatigue’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction ‘and’

• भार्या-व्यसन-दुःखितः: grieving over his wife's misfortune
• भार्या-व्यसन-दुःखितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक) + दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘pained due to wife’s calamity’

Speaker

Sūta (narrator, continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (goal implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, travel-worn, scans the horizon and approaches hermitages; his posture droops from fatigue, his face marked by the anguish of his wife’s calamity.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Munis (sages)
• Anarta-adhipati (king)
• Damayantī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In crisis, one turns toward sages and dharmic counsel; yet grief can still weigh heavily, showing the need for spiritual refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is embedded in Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya, though the verse focuses on the king’s search.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.