Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततस्तेषां प्रसुप्तानां सर्वेषां तत्र कानने । अतिक्रांता सुखेनैव रजनी सा महात्मनाम्

Transliteration

tatasteṣāṃ prasuptānāṃ sarveṣāṃ tatra kānane | atikrāṃtā sukhenaiva rajanī sā mahātmanām

Translation

ครั้นเมื่อมหาบุรุษทั้งหลายหลับอยู่ในพนาลี ณ ที่นั้น ราตรีนั้นก็ล่วงไปโดยง่ายและสงบสุขสำหรับท่านทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनुक्रमसूचक (thereafter/from that)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रसुप्तानाम्: of the sleeping (ones)
• प्रसुप्तानाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-स्वप् (धातु) → प्रसुप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of तेषाम्)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of तेषाम्)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• कानने: in the forest
• कानने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• अतिक्रांता: passed (by)
• अतिक्रांता: Kriya (Predicate via participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-क्रम् (धातु) → अतिक्रान्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग; ‘रजनी’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (passed)

• सुखेन: with ease
• सुखेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (by/with ease)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/just)

• रजनी: night
• रजनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सा: that
• सा: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (of रजनी)

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled (sages)
• महात्मनाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; समास: महा (great) + आत्मन् (soul)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta-style narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The same grove now deeper into night: stars overhead, a serene aura around sleeping sages and the king; the forest appears gentle rather than threatening; subtle divine protection implied.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a tīrtha-narrative, serenity and divine protection accompany the righteous on pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse is transitional; the episode proceeds toward Gayāśiras, a famed śrāddha-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it sets the scene before the morning rites and later śrāddha.