Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

पुत्रैः पौत्रैस्तथा मित्रैर्बांधवैरपरैरपि । द्वारकाया विनिष्क्रम्य सांबोऽपि द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

putraiḥ pautraistathā mitrairbāṃdhavairaparairapi | dvārakāyā viniṣkramya sāṃbo'pi dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

اے افضلِ دُو بار جنم لینے والے! سامب بھی دوارکا سے روانہ ہو کر بیٹوں، پوتوں، دوستوں اور دوسرے رشتہ داروں کے ساتھ نکلا۔

Word by Word

• पुत्रैः: with sons
• पुत्रैः: Sahakāraka/Instrument (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पौत्रैः: with grandsons
• पौत्रैः: Sahakāraka/Instrument (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अन्वय-वाचक (also, likewise)

• मित्रैः: with friends
• मित्रैः: Sahakāraka/Instrument (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रायः), तृतीया, बहुवचन

• बान्धवैः: with relatives
• बान्धवैः: Sahakāraka/Instrument (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अपरैः: other
• अपरैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘बान्धवैः’ इत्यादीनां विशेषणम्

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Avyaya (Emphasis/Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थे (also/even)

• द्वारकायाः: from Dvārakā
• द्वारकायाः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative) एकवचन (अपादानार्थे)

• विनिष्क्रम्य: having departed
• विनिष्क्रम्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निस्-क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; अर्थे—‘विनिष्क्रम्य’ (having gone out)

• साम्बः: Sāmba
• साम्बः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Avyaya (Emphasis/Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थे (also/even)

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (हे द्विजसत्तमाः) ; समासः—कर्मधारयः (द्विजाः एव सत्तमाः)

Speaker

Narrator addressing a Brāhmaṇa listener (dvijasattama; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (departure point)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattama (addressed brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba departs from sea-girt Dvārakā with sons, grandsons, friends, and kinsmen—procession-like, carrying travel gear and offerings, moving toward a coastal tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Dvārakā
• sons
• grandsons
• friends
• kinsmen

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred journeys are strengthened by saṅga (supportive company); dharma is sustained through community and kinship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the named sacred geography point; the tīrtha-destination is not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the departure and companions.