Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

एवं तयोर्विवदतोस्तदा वै गुरुशिष्ययोः । भूयोऽपि तत्र संप्राप्ताः पुरुषाः पार्थिवेरिताः

Transliteration

evaṃ tayorvivadatostadā vai guruśiṣyayoḥ | bhūyo'pi tatra saṃprāptāḥ puruṣāḥ pārthiveritāḥ

Translation

Когда гуру и ученик так спорили, туда вновь прибыли люди, посланные царём.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• तयोः: of the two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी/सप्तमी (6th/7th case), द्विवचन — ‘of the two/for the two’

• विवदतोः: (while) disputing
• विवदतोः: Adhikarana (Temporal circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√vad (धातु) → vivadat (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त—शतृ (present active participle); षष्ठी/सप्तमी, द्विवचन — ‘while (they) two were disputing’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• गुरु-शिष्ययोः: of the teacher and disciple
• गुरु-शिष्ययोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक) + śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः—द्वन्द्व (itaretara); षष्ठी (6th case), द्विवचन — ‘of the teacher and the disciple’

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-निपात (also/even)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• संप्राप्ताः: arrived
• संप्राप्ताः: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु) → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (past active/resultative participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — ‘having arrived’

• पुरुषाः: men
• पुरुषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• पार्थिव-ईरिताः: sent by the king
• पार्थिव-ईरिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक) + īrita (कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘by the king’); īrita = √īr (धातु) क्त; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — qualifying ‘puruṣāḥ’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As guru and disciple argue, the king’s men arrive again—dusty travelers at the hermitage edge, creating urgency and shifting the scene from debate to engagement.

Characters & Entities

• guru
• śiṣya (disciple)
• pārthiva (king)
• puruṣāḥ (messengers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames the ethical tension between discourse within the āśrama (guru-śiṣya) and the pressing call of royal duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the chapter’s māhātmya narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition describing the arrival of royal messengers.