Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

एवमाश्वासिता तत्र कृपया जमदग्निना । चक्रे तत्रैव सा वासमाश्रमे मुनिसंकुले

Transliteration

evamāśvāsitā tatra kṛpayā jamadagninā | cakre tatraiva sā vāsamāśrame munisaṃkule

Translation

ครั้นได้รับการปลอบประโลม ณ ที่นั้นด้วยความกรุณาของชามทัคนีแล้ว นางก็พำนักอยู่ ณ อาศรมนั้นเอง ซึ่งเนืองแน่นด้วยหมู่ฤๅษี

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakāra (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• आश्वासिता: comforted
• आश्वासिता: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√श्वस् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle, causative base); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of सा)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• कृपया: by compassion
• कृपया: Karaṇa/Hetu (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• जमदग्निना: by Jamadagni
• जमदग्निना: Karaṇa/Kartṛ (करण/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• चक्रे: she made/did
• चक्रे: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (just/indeed)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वासम्: dwelling/residence
• वासम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• मुनि-संकुले: crowded with sages
• मुनि-संकुले: Adhikaraṇa-anvaya (अधिकरणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + संकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (मुनिभिः/मुनिनां संकुलः) विशेषणम् (of आश्रमे)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The queen now lives within the hermitage: sages move about with waterpots and kuśa; she sits calmly near a hut, attended by simple āśrama life; the mood is quiet recovery.

Characters & Entities

• Jamadagni
• āśrama
• muni (sages)
• rājñī (queen)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The āśrama ideal includes compassionate hospitality and stable refuge for those in distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains within Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred region; the verse emphasizes the sanctity of the sages’ hermitage rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is mentioned.