Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ततः शोकसमायुक्तः स नृपः स्वप्नदर्शनात् । अन्नाभावात्समं मंत्रं मंत्रिभिः स तदाकरोत्

Transliteration

tataḥ śokasamāyuktaḥ sa nṛpaḥ svapnadarśanāt | annābhāvātsamaṃ maṃtraṃ maṃtribhiḥ sa tadākarot

Translation

అనంతరం స్వప్నదర్శనం వల్ల శోకంతో నిండిన ఆ రాజు, అన్నం లేని పరిస్థితిలో, మంత్రులతో కలిసి మంత్రణ చేసి తగిన నిర్ణయం తీసుకున్నాడు.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘then/thereupon’

• śoka-samāyuktaḥ: filled with grief
• śoka-samāyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, sam-ā-√yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—शोकेन समायुक्तः (joined with grief)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• svapna-darśanāt: from the dream-vision
• svapna-darśanāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svapna (प्रातिपदिक) + darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (darśana), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—स्वप्नस्य दर्शनात् (from seeing a dream)

• anna-abhāvāt: due to absence of food
• anna-abhāvāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक) + abhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (abhāva), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—अन्नस्य अभावात् (due to lack of food)

• samam: together
• samam: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative), ‘together/in consultation’

• mantram: counsel / plan
• mantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mantribhiḥ: with ministers
• mantribhiḥ: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantrin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘then/at that time’

• akarot: did / made
• akarot: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A worried king awakens from a dream, grief-stricken, then sits in council with ministers in a sparsely provisioned hall—empty granaries implied; scrolls or tally boards suggest administration.

Characters & Entities

• king
• ministers

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practical: rulers must respond to suffering with wise counsel and righteous action, especially when resources are scarce.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not stated in this verse; the focus is on the king’s response within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it describes deliberation prompted by the dream and famine.