Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

वेदना कायसंस्था मे वर्तते द्विजसत्तम । शांत्यर्थं प्रेषया क्षिप्रं तं शिष्यं पूर्वसंचितम्

Transliteration

vedanā kāyasaṃsthā me vartate dvijasattama | śāṃtyarthaṃ preṣayā kṣipraṃ taṃ śiṣyaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam

Translation

“Ó melhor dos brāhmaṇas, uma dor no corpo me aflige. Para que haja apaziguamento, envia depressa aquele discípulo preparado de antemão.”

Word by Word

• vedanā: pain
• vedanā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vedanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• kāya-saṃsthā: located in the body
• kāya-saṃsthā: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃsthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘वेदना’ (body-situated)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• vartate: exists, continues
• vartate: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• dvija-sattama: O best of Brahmins
• dvija-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम्

• śānti-artham: for pacification
• śānti-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śānti (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of)

• preṣayā: send
• preṣayā: Kriyā (Imperative action/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘प्रेषय’ (send!)

• kṣipram: quickly
• kṣipram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipram (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: शीघ्रार्थक अव्यय (adverb)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• śiṣyam: disciple
• śiṣyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘तम्’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण (apposition)

• pūrva-saṃcitam: previously gathered/accumulated (i.e., earlier appointed/kept ready)
• pūrva-saṃcitam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃcita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘शिष्यं/तम्’

Speaker

Rājā (the King) (inferred from continuity of royal plea)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattama (addressed brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A distressed patron/king-like figure speaks to a venerable brāhmaṇa, holding his side in pain, urgently requesting that a previously prepared disciple be sent for pacification.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijasattama (Brāhmaṇa)
• Śiṣya (Disciple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Suffering is treated as a call to restore harmony (śānti) through dharmic means and humble recourse to spiritual counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the setting remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A śānti-oriented intervention is implied (pacificatory rite/service), facilitated by a prepared disciple.