Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
राजोवाच । अहं दशरथो नाम सूर्यवंशोद्भवो नृपः । अजस्य तनयः प्राप्तः कामं वारयितुं क्रुधा
Transliteration
rājovāca | ahaṃ daśaratho nāma sūryavaṃśodbhavo nṛpaḥ | ajasya tanayaḥ prāptaḥ kāmaṃ vārayituṃ krudhā
Translation
அரசன் உரைத்தான்—நான் தசரதன்; சூரியவம்சத்தில் பிறந்த அரசன், அஜனின் புதல்வன். உன் எண்ணத்தைத் தடுக்கக் கோபத்துடன் வந்தேன்.
Word by Word
राजाthe king
राजा:
Karta (Speaker/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम
दशरथःDaśaratha
दशरथः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootदशरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात (particle indicating name)
सूर्यवंशोद्भवःborn in the Solar dynasty
सूर्यवंशोद्भवः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootसूर्यवंश + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यवंशस्य उद्भवः)
नृपःking
नृपः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
अजस्यof Aja
अजस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
तनयःson
तनयः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootतनय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
प्राप्तःarrived
प्राप्तः:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative)
TypeVerb
Rootप्राप् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; धातु: प्राप् (to reach/arrive)
कामम्indeed; surely
कामम्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् अव्यय (idiomatic particle) अर्थे: ‘नूनम्/यथेष्टम्’
वारयितुम्to restrain; to stop
वारयितुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), धातु: वारय् (causative of वृ/वृञ्: to restrain/stop)
क्रुधाwith anger; out of wrath
क्रुधा:
Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootक्रुध् (धातु)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम
Speaker
Daśaratha
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Daśaratha steps forward, regal and stern, declaring his name and solar lineage; his wrath is protective, not cruel—like a blazing sun confronting a dark planet.
Characters & Entities
D
DaśarathaS
SūryavaṃśaA
AjaFAQs
Dharma is upheld through accountable identity and lineage-based duty, where power is used to prevent harm.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None.