Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

राजोवाच । अहं दशरथो नाम सूर्यवंशोद्भवो नृपः । अजस्य तनयः प्राप्तः कामं वारयितुं क्रुधा

Transliteration

rājovāca | ahaṃ daśaratho nāma sūryavaṃśodbhavo nṛpaḥ | ajasya tanayaḥ prāptaḥ kāmaṃ vārayituṃ krudhā

Translation

Wika ng Hari: “Ako si Daśaratha sa pangalan, isang haring isinilang sa angkan ng Araw (Sūryavaṃśa), anak ni Aja. Dumating ako sa poot upang pigilin ang iyong balak.”

Word by Word

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• दशरथः: Daśaratha
• दशरथः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामार्थक-निपात (particle indicating name)

• सूर्यवंशोद्भवः: born in the Solar dynasty
• सूर्यवंशोद्भवः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्यवंश + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यवंशस्य उद्भवः)

• नृपः: king
• नृपः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अजस्य: of Aja
• अजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचन; धातु: प्राप् (to reach/arrive)

• कामम्: indeed; surely
• कामम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् अव्यय (idiomatic particle) अर्थे: ‘नूनम्/यथेष्टम्’

• वारयितुम्: to restrain; to stop
• वारयितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), धातु: वारय् (causative of वृ/वृञ्: to restrain/stop)

• क्रुधा: with anger; out of wrath
• क्रुधा: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम

Speaker

Daśaratha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Daśaratha steps forward, regal and stern, declaring his name and solar lineage; his wrath is protective, not cruel—like a blazing sun confronting a dark planet.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha
• Sūryavaṃśa
• Aja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through accountable identity and lineage-based duty, where power is used to prevent harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.