Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

शिष्योऽपि सकलं कृत्वा तत्कर्म सुसमाहितः । आशीर्वादं प्रदत्त्वा च भूपतेर्गृहमेति च

Transliteration

śiṣyo'pi sakalaṃ kṛtvā tatkarma susamāhitaḥ | āśīrvādaṃ pradattvā ca bhūpatergṛhameti ca

Translation

شاگرد نے بھی پوری یکسوئی کے ساتھ وہ رسم مکمل طور پر ادا کی؛ پھر دعا و برکت دے کر بادشاہ کے محل کی طرف چلا گیا۔

Word by Word

• śiṣyaḥ: disciple
• śiṣyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/समुच्चयार्थ (particle: also/even)

• sakalaṃ: entire, all
• sakalaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having done)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (deictic)

• karma: act, rite, task
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• susamāhitaḥ: well-composed, attentive
• susamāhitaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- + sam-ā-√dhā > samāhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) विशेषण; उपसर्ग: सम्+आ

• āśīrvādaṃ: blessing
• āśīrvādaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśīrvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• pradattvā: having given
• pradattvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√dā (दा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); उपसर्ग: प्र (having given)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: and)

• bhūpateḥ: of the king
• bhūpateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• gṛham: house, home
• gṛham: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• eti: goes
• eti: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (इ धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: and)

Speaker

Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed disciple completes a rite with orderly implements, offers blessings with joined palms, then departs toward the king’s residence.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Disciple
• King
• Āśīrvāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A rite bears fruit when performed with complete attentiveness, followed by the blessing that seals dharmic intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the ritual narrative; the tīrtha glorification is contextual to the chapter rather than explicit here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of the prescribed rite with samādhāna (focused mind) and concluding āśīrvāda (benediction).