Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

इत्थं दशार्णराजेन प्रार्थितो निषधाधिपः । विविक्त उपसंगम्य प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

itthaṃ daśārṇarājena prārthito niṣadhādhipaḥ | vivikta upasaṃgamya prahasannidamabravīt

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อพระราชาแห่งทศารณะทูลวิงวอนแล้ว เจ้าแห่งนิษธะจึงเสด็จเข้าไปใกล้ ณ ที่สงัด และทรงแย้มสรวลตรัสถ้อยคำนี้

Word by Word

• इत्थम्: thus, in this manner
• इत्थम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ittham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• दशार्णराजेन: by the king of Daśārṇa
• दशार्णराजेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśārṇa-rāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दशार्णानां राजा)

• प्रार्थितः: having been requested
• प्रार्थितः: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-arth (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘requested’

• निषधाधिपः: the lord of Niṣadha
• निषधाधिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣadha-adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (निषधानाम् अधिपः)

• विविक्तः: secluded, apart
• विविक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-vic (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय) / vivikta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त/विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘secluded/alone’

• उपसंगम्य: having approached
• उपसंगम्य: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-saṃ-gam (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृत्)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/gerund), ‘having approached’

• प्रहसन्: smiling, laughing
• प्रहसन्: Karta (Subject concomitant action/कर्तृसहक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-has (धातु) + शतृ (कृत्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘smiling/laughing’

• इदम्: this (speech/statement)
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Niṣadhādhipa (the ruler of Niṣadha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest-edge or palace-grove clearing: the Niṣadha lord steps close to the Daśārṇa king; attendants kept at distance; the speaker smiles as he begins a grave disclosure.

Characters & Entities

• Daśārṇarāja
• Niṣadhādhipa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is often conveyed through humble inquiry and truthful counsel, given privately and compassionately.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it introduces a confidential explanation in the story.