Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

चारैश्च कथितास्ते च नृपस्याग्रे समागताः । प्रातराकारिता विप्रा आगता नृपसंसदि

Transliteration

cāraiśca kathitāste ca nṛpasyāgre samāgatāḥ | prātarākāritā viprā āgatā nṛpasaṃsadi

Translation

По донесению царских лазутчиков те брахманы были приведены к царю; призванные утром, они явились в царское собрание.

Word by Word

• चारैः: by spies/messengers
• चारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• कथिताः: reported/informed
• कथिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कथ् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (ते इति)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• नृपस्य: of the king
• नृपस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front (of)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (locative adverbial)

• समागताः: came/assembled
• समागताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्/विधेय (finite sense: ‘came’)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• आकारिताः: summoned
• आकारिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√कारय् (णिजन्त; causative of √कृ/√कार)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (विप्राः इति) — ‘summoned’

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• आगताः: came
• आगताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विधेय (finite sense: ‘came’)

• नृपसंसदि: in the king’s assembly
• नृपसंसदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + संसद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — “नृपस्य संसदि”

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator continuing the story)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The addressed king (‘nṛpa’) in the frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Morning court: guards and attendants lead the brāhmaṇas into the sabhā after spies report their arrival; the king sits elevated, ministers nearby, a sense of procedural formality.

Characters & Entities

• cāra (spies)
• nṛpa (king)
• vipra (brāhmaṇas)
• royal court (saṃsad)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through proper channels—truthful petition, responsible governance, and attentive hearing in the king’s court.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No new tīrtha is named; the setting remains Kānyakubja within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse focuses on administrative and judicial process.