Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

अत एनं समादाय मातरं चास्य सुव्रताम् । गच्छस्व नगरीं राजन्प्राप्स्यसि श्रेय उत्तमम्

Transliteration

ata enaṃ samādāya mātaraṃ cāsya suvratām | gacchasva nagarīṃ rājanprāpsyasi śreya uttamam

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น จงพาเขาพร้อมมารดาผู้มีพรตงามของเขาไปเถิด โอ้พระราชา จงกลับสู่นครของท่าน แล้วท่านจักได้บรรลุศุภผลอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; हेत्वर्थक-अव्ययम् (therefore)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु) → समादाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभावः (gerund); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• अस्य: of him, his
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• सुव्रताम्: virtuous (good-vowed)
• सुव्रताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (सु-व्रता = good-vowed), ‘मातरम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• गच्छस्व: go
• गच्छस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थ/imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

• नगरीम्: to the city
• नगरीम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; गत्यर्थकक्रियायां कर्म (destination)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्राप्स्यसि: you will attain
• प्राप्स्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (भविष्यत्/future), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• श्रेयः: welfare, good
• श्रेयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• उत्तमम्: highest, excellent
• उत्तमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘श्रेयः’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Niṣadhādhipa (continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elder counselor gestures toward the road leading back to the capital; the king stands humbled, while the hero and his virtuous mother are respectfully invited to accompany him.

Characters & Entities

• Daśārṇarāja
• the prince
• the mother

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righting past wrongs and restoring those one harmed is presented as a path to true welfare (śreyas).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse urges a return to the capital as part of the moral resolution.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the instruction is ethical and practical—reunite and restore.