Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

भूयस्तु प्रेषयामास याज्ञवल्क्यकृते तदा । अन्यं दूतं विदग्धं च शाकल्यस्य द्विजाश्रयम्

Transliteration

bhūyastu preṣayāmāsa yājñavalkyakṛte tadā | anyaṃ dūtaṃ vidagdhaṃ ca śākalyasya dvijāśrayam

Translation

Затем он снова послал другого вестника — искусного и сметливого — по делу Яджнявалкьи к Шакалье, прибежищу брахманов.

Word by Word

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक अव्यय (adverb: again/further)

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• preṣayāmāsa: sent
• preṣayāmāsa: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘प्रेषयति’—‘sent’

• yājñavalkya-kṛte: for Yājñavalkya’s purpose
• yājñavalkya-kṛte: Adhikarana (Locative circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yājñavalkya (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; हेतौ/विषये—‘याज्ञवल्क्यकृते’ (for the sake of Yājñavalkya / in Yājñavalkya’s matter)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• anyam: another
• anyam: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘दूतम्’

• dūtam: messenger
• dūtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• vidagdham: clever, skilled
• vidagdham: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidagdha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘दूतम्’

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

• śākalyasya: of Śākalya
• śākalyasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śākalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• dvija-āśrayam: one who has a Brahmin as refuge / attached to a Brahmin
• dvija-āśrayam: Karma (Object complement/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘दूतम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणवत्—ब्राह्मणाश्रितम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, troubled, dispatches a second skilled messenger; the envoy bows and departs on a road toward the dwelling of Śākalya, while the king remains near the consecrated object.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Śākalya
• Dūta (Messenger)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is disturbed, one should seek guidance and reconciliation through wise and respected spiritual authorities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

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

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the action is diplomatic-spiritual—sending an emissary to a revered brāhmaṇa.