Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा तं समायाता वृत्तांतं दुःखसंयुताः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā taṃ samāyātā vṛttāṃtaṃ duḥkhasaṃyutāḥ

Translation

ସେଇ ବୃତ୍ତାନ୍ତ ଶୁଣି ସେମାନେ ଦୁଃଖରେ ଆକୁଳ ହୋଇ ସେଠାରେ ଏକତ୍ରିତ ହେଲେ।

Word by Word

• तत्: that (event/statement)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + श्रुत्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समायाताः: arrived, came together
• समायाताः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु) + आयात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP) बहुवचन-प्रथमा, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (they came/arrived)

• वृत्तान्तम्: account, news, incident
• वृत्तान्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दुःख-संयुताः: afflicted with sorrow
• दुःख-संयुताः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (दुःखेन/दुःखसहिताः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (समायाताः) इति विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Villagers/pilgrims converge, faces marked by grief; some clasp hands, others cover their mouths in shock, forming a circle around the family near the ritual area.

Characters & Entities

• those who assembled (unspecified)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Moral turmoil is not private alone; communities gather, grieve, and seek dharmic resolution together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger narrative belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya setting in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, directing the characters toward Vāstupada.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it functions as a narrative transition marking collective concern.