Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 61
Devanagari script
हृतसिंहासनः शूरैर्दायादैः सोऽप्रजो नृपः । निगृह्य काराभवने सपत्नीको निवेशितः
Transliteration
hṛtasiṃhāsanaḥ śūrairdāyādaiḥ so'prajo nṛpaḥ | nigṛhya kārābhavane sapatnīko niveśitaḥ
Translation
अप्रजः स नृपो दायादशूरैर्हृतसिंहासनः; निगृह्य कारागृहं नीतः सपत्नीको निवेशितः।
Word by Word
हृतसिंहासनःwhose throne was taken away
हृतसिंहासनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootहृत (√हृ धातु, क्त-कृदन्त) + सिंहासन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘हृत’ + तत्पुरुषसमासः (कर्मधारय-भावः) ‘हृतं सिंहासनं यस्य’
शूरैःby heroes/warriors
शूरैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशूर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
दायादैःby heirs/kinsmen
दायादैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदायाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अप्रजःchildless
अप्रजः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- (निषेध) + प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गार्थ ‘अप्रज’ = ‘प्रजा नास्ति यस्य’
नृपःking
नृपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
निगृह्यhaving subdued/arrested
निगृह्य:
Purvakala (पूर्वकाल क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि + √ग्रह् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव (gerund), ‘having seized/overpowered’
काराभवनेin the prison-house
काराभवने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकारा (प्रातिपदिक) + भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘कारायाः भवनम्’
सपत्नीकोtogether with his wife
सपत्नीको:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootस (सह-अर्थ) + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘सपत्नी’ (पत्नी-सहित) + क-प्रत्यय (possessive)
निवेशितःwas confined/placed
निवेशितः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + √विश् (धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘placed/kept’
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A deposed, childless king is dragged from the throne by armed kinsmen; he and his queen are confined behind iron-barred doors in a dim prison-house.
Characters & Entities
N
nṛpa (king)D
dāyāda (kinsmen/claimants)Q
queenFAQs
Worldly sovereignty is unstable; dharma and endurance in adversity are upheld over mere power.
No tīrtha is directly named in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa.
None; the verse is purely narrative.