Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सर्वतः स तमालोक्य ततो वचनमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

sarvataḥ sa tamālokya tato vacanamabravīt

Translation

اس نے اسے ہر طرف سے دیکھ کر پھر یہ کلمات کہے۔

Word by Word

• सर्वतः: from all sides, everywhere
• सर्वतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): 'सर्वतः' = सर्वदिक्-पर्यन्तम् (from all sides)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आलोक्य: having seen
• आलोक्य: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव (having seen)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): 'ततः' = तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (then/thereupon)

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

• अब्रवीत्: said, spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A figure circles another, examining him from all sides in a courtyard or threshold space, about to speak an accusation; attendants watch, the air charged with suspicion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Careful observation precedes right speech; discernment is presented as the basis for dharmic response.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.