Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ततश्च शांतिकं कृत्वा जपांते भूपतिं च तम् । शांतोदकप्रदानाय हस्यमानो जनैर्ययौ

Transliteration

tataśca śāṃtikaṃ kṛtvā japāṃte bhūpatiṃ ca tam | śāṃtodakapradānāya hasyamāno janairyayau

Translation

ครั้นแล้วเขากระทำพิธีศานติกรรมและจบการสวดชปะเพื่อพระราชานั้น แล้วออกไปเพื่อมอบ “น้ำศานติ” อันศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ท่ามกลางผู้คนที่พากันหัวเราะเยาะเขา

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात् अनन्तरम्/thereafter’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• śāṃtikam: propitiatory rite
• śāṃtikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāṃtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; ‘शान्तिकर्म/propitiatory rite’

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘कृत्वा’ = having done

• japānte: at the end of the japa
• japānte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: japa-anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: जपस्य अन्तः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• bhūpatim: the king
• bhūpatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śāṃtodaka-pradānāya: for giving consecrated water
• śāṃtodaka-pradānāya: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāṃta-udaka-pradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: (i) शान्तम् उदकम् = शान्तोदकम् (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय), (ii) शान्तोदकस्य प्रदानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन

• hasyamānaḥ: being laughed at
• hasyamānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: has (धातु) + यमान (शानच्)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्यय कृदन्त (present passive/ātmanepada participle sense): पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘हस्यमानः’ = being laughed at / being mocked

• janaiḥ: by people
• janaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument/तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (करण/सह), बहुवचन

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘ययौ’ = went

Speaker

Narrator (exact named speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa, having finished a pacificatory rite and japa for a king, walks with a vessel of śāntodaka through a court or public space; onlookers laugh, contrasting sacred intent with worldly derision.

Characters & Entities

• King (bhūpati)
• People/assembly (janāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual duty should be completed without being shaken by public mockery; dharma is upheld by steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it highlights śānti ritual procedure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of śāntika rite, completion of japa, and the giving of śānti-udaka (consecrated water).