Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ततोऽमरत्वमापन्नः स यावत्सिंहिकासुतः । तावत्प्रोक्तोऽच्युतेनाथ साम्ना परमवल्गुना

Transliteration

tato'maratvamāpannaḥ sa yāvatsiṃhikāsutaḥ | tāvatprokto'cyutenātha sāmnā paramavalgunā

Translation

پھر سِمھِکا کا بیٹا اسی حد تک امر ہو گیا؛ تب اچیوت نے نہایت نرم اور مصالحت آمیز کلمات کے ساتھ اسے مخاطب کیا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anantaram (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘then/thereupon’

• amaratvam: immortality
• amaratvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amaratva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• āpannaḥ: having attained
• āpannaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āp (आप् धातु) → āpanna (क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि; ‘having attained’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/संबन्ध-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक (correlative) ‘as long as/so far as’

• siṃhikāsutaḥ: the son of Siṃhikā
• siṃhikāsutaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃhikā + suta (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘सिंहिकायाः सुतः’

• tāvat: so long, then
• tāvat: Avadhi (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहसंबन्ध (correlative) ‘so long/then’

• proktaḥ: was addressed, was told
• proktaḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-vac (वच् धातु) → prokta (क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘spoken/addressed’

• acyutena: by Acyuta (Kṛṣṇa)
• acyutena: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात/समुच्चयार्थक (discourse particle) ‘then/now’

• sāmnā: with conciliatory words/chant
• sāmnā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; ‘साम्ना’ = by a conciliatory chant/peaceful means

• paramavalgunā: very sweet, most charming
• paramavalgunā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama + valgu (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (sāmnā इत्यस्य) ‘exceedingly sweet/pleasant’

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic ākhyāna voice)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Acyuta, serene and luminous, addresses the newly immortal Siṃhikā-suta with gentle, persuasive words as the cosmos settles after violence.

Characters & Entities

• Siṃhikā
• Siṃhikāsuta (Rāhu)
• Acyuta (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine governance includes not only punishment but also guidance—power is tempered with dharmic counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse continues the mythic frame inside the tīrtha-section; the specific site is not stated in the shloka itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is given; the verse narrates a divine dialogue.