Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
Devanagari script
ततः स तु समाकर्ण्य रुरोद कृतनिःस्वनः । स्वसुतां तां समालिंग्य दुःखशोकसमन्वितः
Transliteration
tataḥ sa tu samākarṇya ruroda kṛtaniḥsvanaḥ | svasutāṃ tāṃ samāliṃgya duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ
Translation
ครั้นได้ยินดังนั้น พระองค์ก็ทรงกรรแสงออกมาเสียงดัง ทรงสวมกอดพระธิดาของตนด้วยความโศกเศร้าและความทุกข์ระทมอย่างท่วมท้น
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअपादान/क्रमबोधक-अव्यय — then/thereupon
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात — particle (but/indeed)
सम्-आकर्ण्यhaving heard
सम्-आकर्ण्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√कर्ण्/√श्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — having heard
रुरोदwept
रुरोद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√रुद् (धातु)
Formलिट्/परोक्षभूत (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 3rd person singular
कृत-निःस्वनःmaking a sound (crying aloud)
कृत-निःस्वनः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु) + निःस्वन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; तत्पुरुष (निःस्वनं कृतवान्)
स्व-सुताम्his own daughter
स्व-सुताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन — Accusative singular; तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य सुताम्)
ताम्her
ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular
सम्-आलिङ्ग्यhaving embraced
सम्-आलिङ्ग्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-√लिङ्ग् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — having embraced
दुःख-शोक-समन्वितःfilled with sorrow and grief
दुःख-शोक-समन्वितः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्-अनु-√इ/√वृ? धातु; प्रचलित रूप ‘समन्वित’ = endowed with)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; तत्पुरुष (दुःखेन शोकनेन च समन्वितः)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic frame narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The king breaks into loud weeping, embracing his daughter tightly; surrounding figures—villagers or sages—watch with compassion, the sacred landscape quietly holding the scene.
Characters & Entities
K
kingD
daughterFAQs
Worldly attachments intensify suffering when confronted with impermanence, pushing the mind toward deeper dharmic reflection.
Not specified in this verse.
None in this verse.