Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा सर्वे चित्रकरास्तदा । प्रस्थिता धरणीपृष्ठे पार्थिवानां गृहेषु च
Transliteration
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarve citrakarāstadā | prasthitā dharaṇīpṛṣṭhe pārthivānāṃ gṛheṣu ca
Translation
ครั้นได้สดับพระดำรัสนั้นแล้ว จิตรกรทั้งปวงก็ออกเดินทางไปทั่วพื้นพิภพ และเข้าสู่เรือนวังของพระราชาทั้งหลาย
Word by Word
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; एकवचन
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘वचनम्’)
वचनम्speech, command
वचनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवचन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Gerund/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘चित्रकराः’)
चित्रकराःpainters
चित्रकराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootचित्र-कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; समासः—चित्रं करोति इति
तदाthen
तदा:
Kala-adhikarana (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक
प्रस्थिताःset out, departed
प्रस्थिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-स्था (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; कर्तृवाचक-विशेषण (having set out)
धरणीपृष्ठेon the earth’s surface
धरणीपृष्ठे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootधरणी-पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; एकवचन; समासः—धरण्याः पृष्ठम् (surface of the earth)
पार्थिवानाम्of kings
पार्थिवानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; बहुवचन
गृहेषुin (their) houses
गृहेषु:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी; बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
Speaker
Sūta (contextual narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A procession of painters departs, traversing varied landscapes—plains, forests, rivers—arriving at royal palaces to observe and paint kings.
Characters & Entities
S
SūtaFAQs
It shows disciplined service and obedience in fulfilling a dhārmic royal task.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned.
No ritual is prescribed.