Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
Devanagari script
एवमुक्तस्तया सोऽथ हर्षेण महतान्वितः । प्रातरुत्थाय दारूणि पुरबाह्ये न्ययोजयत्
Transliteration
evamuktastayā so'tha harṣeṇa mahatānvitaḥ | prātarutthāya dārūṇi purabāhye nyayojayat
Translation
اس کے یوں کہنے پر وہ بڑے ہرس سے بھر گیا۔ صبح سویرے اٹھ کر اس نے شہر کے باہر لکڑیاں ترتیب سے رکھ دیں۔
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb ‘thus’)
उक्तः(he) having been told
उक्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; धातु: वच् ‘to say’; अर्थ: ‘having been told/said to’
तयाby her
तया:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle ‘then/now’)
हर्षेणwith joy
हर्षेण:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन
महताgreat
महता:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन; (qualifies हर्षेण)
अन्वितःendowed (with)
अन्वितः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; ‘endowed/possessed’
प्रातर्in the morning
प्रातर्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रातर् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb of time ‘in the morning’)
उत्थायhaving risen
उत्थाय:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootउत्-स्था (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: स्था, उपसर्ग: उत्-; ‘having risen’
दारूणिpieces of wood, firewood
दारूणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदारु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन
पुरबाह्येoutside the city
पुरबाह्ये:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुर + बाह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे (locative usage), सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: पुरस्य बाह्ये ‘outside the city’
न्ययोजयत्he arranged/placed
न्ययोजयत्:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-युज् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; causative sense in usage ‘to arrange/place’ (नियोजय-)
Speaker
Narrator
Visual Art Cues
Scene: At dawn, a man joyfully stacks and arranges firewood outside the town, preparing a large homa site; the sky is pale, the ground swept clean.
FAQs
Dharma is enacted through prompt, orderly preparation—right intention is matched by disciplined ritual readiness.
No distinct tīrtha-name appears in this verse; it narrates preparations within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.
Preparing the materials for an agni rite—gathering and arranging firewood in an appropriate location.