Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

वृत्तांतं तस्य राजर्षेस्तस्यैव गृहमागतः । तीर्थयात्रा प्रसंगेन विद्वेषपरिवृद्धये

Transliteration

vṛttāṃtaṃ tasya rājarṣestasyaiva gṛhamāgataḥ | tīrthayātrā prasaṃgena vidveṣaparivṛddhaye

Translation

ครั้นนารทมาถึงเรือนของราชฤๅษีนั้นเอง ก็หยิบยกเรื่องขึ้นในวาระแห่งการจาริกสู่ทีรถะ จนความพยาบาทยิ่งทวีขึ้น

Word by Word

• वृत्तान्तम्: account, report, narrative
• वृत्तान्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्तान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular (neuter)

• तस्य: of him, his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular

• राजर्षेः: of the royal sage
• राजर्षेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular; समासः राजन्+ऋषि (तत्पुरुष)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• गृहम्: house, home
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (goal)

• आगतः: having come, arrived
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with implied subject

• तीर्थयात्रा: pilgrimage
• तीर्थयात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular; समासः तीर्थस्य यात्रा (तत्पुरुष)

• प्रसङ्गेन: by occasion, on the pretext
• प्रसङ्गेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/हेतु), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• विद्वेषपरिवृद्धये: for the increase of enmity
• विद्वेषपरिवृद्धये: Sampradana/Prayojana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वेष + परिवृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन), एकवचन; dative singular; समासः विद्वेषस्य परिवृद्धिः (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (not specified in snippet; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada arrives at a royal sage’s residence; in a courtly hall he raises the topic of pilgrimage, but the atmosphere subtly sharpens into suspicion and rivalry.

Characters & Entities

• Rājarṣi (royal sage)
• Tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage)
• Nārada (implied by continuity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even sacred contexts like pilgrimage can become occasions for testing the heart—whether one grows in dharma or in hostility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse mentions tīrtha-yātrā generally but does not name a particular site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; tīrthayātrā (pilgrimage) is referenced as the occasion for the discussion.