Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा भगवान्वृषभध्वजः । दक्षमाहूय तत्रैव ततः प्रोवाच सादरम्

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavānvṛṣabhadhvajaḥ | dakṣamāhūya tatraiva tataḥ provāca sādaram

Translation

ครั้นทรงสดับถ้อยคำนั้น พระผู้เป็นเจ้า ผู้มีธงเป็นโค ได้ทรงเรียกทักษะมายังที่นั้น แล้วตรัสกับเขาด้วยความเคารพ

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (वचनम् इति)

• वचनम्: speech
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वृषभध्वजः: he whose banner is the bull (Śiva)
• वृषभध्वजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣabha-dhvaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वृषभस्य ध्वजः)

• दक्षम्: Dakṣa
• दक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आहूय: having summoned
• आहूय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ह्वा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर (then)

• प्रोवाच: said
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सादरम्: respectfully
• सादरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa-ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb, accusative used adverbially)

Speaker

Sūta (narration)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Vṛṣabhadhvaja)
• Candra
• Dakṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion may work through restoring harmony among beings—addressing the source of suffering (a curse) with dharmic mediation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The action is framed within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrtha narrative of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is prescribed; the verse advances the narrative toward resolution of the curse.