Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
Devanagari script
तस्मिन्दूरगते भूपे तथान्यः सेवकोऽभ्यगात्
Transliteration
tasmindūragate bhūpe tathānyaḥ sevako'bhyagāt
Translation
तस्मिन्दूरगते भूपे तथान्यः सेवकोऽभ्यगात्।
Word by Word
तस्मिन्when/while that (one)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; निर्देश (demonstrative)
दूरगतेhaving gone far away
दूरगते:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदूरगत (प्रातिपदिक: दूर + गत)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) ‘गत’, पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)
भूपे(when) the king
भूपे:
Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (with दूरगते)
तथाthen/likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Discourse link/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
अन्यःanother
अन्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
सेवकःservant
सेवकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसेवक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अभ्यगात्came up/approached
अभ्यगात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam + abhi (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (a seeker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; exact speaker not specified in the snippet)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Dvijas (implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The king and army recede down the road; dust settles. From behind, an attendant breaks away and approaches the artisan near the hermitage.
Characters & Entities
B
bhūpaS
sevakaFAQs
The verse advances the plot toward an instructive exchange, a common puranic method for conveying dharma through narrative.
No specific tīrtha is named in this line.
None.
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