Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

ततः संशोधयामास तस्य मांसस्य चागमम् । निपुणं सूपकारांस्तान्दृष्ट्वा राजा पृथक्पृथक्

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃśodhayāmāsa tasya māṃsasya cāgamam | nipuṇaṃ sūpakārāṃstāndṛṣṭvā rājā pṛthakpṛthak

Translation

پھر بادشاہ نے اُس گوشت کے آنے کی اصل کی تحقیق کی؛ اور اُن ماہر باورچیوں کو دیکھ کر اُنہیں ایک ایک کر کے جدا جدا پرکھا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: 'thereupon/then'

• संशोधयामास: he investigated/verified
• संशोधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+शुध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) = Perfect; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); causative sense 'to examine/verify thoroughly' (denominative/causative usage)

• तस्य: of that (it/him)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• मांसस्य: of the meat
• मांसस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) = conjunction/particle

• आगमम्: origin/source (coming)
• आगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• निपुणम्: skilled, expert
• निपुणम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nipuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• सूपकारान्: cooks
• सूपकारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūpakāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन

• तान्: those (men)
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), बहुवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having seen

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb; 'separately'

• पृथक्: each one separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pṛthak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्ति) = reduplicated adverb for emphasis

Speaker

Sūta (implied narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king in a palace hall questions cooks one by one; vessels of food nearby; attendants watch anxiously; the atmosphere suggests an unseen contaminating force.

Characters & Entities

• King
• Cooks (sūpakāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After adharma erupts, accountability follows; truth-seeking begins with examining causes and agents.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not mentioned in this verse; it continues the chapter’s narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse describes inquiry and examination rather than a rite.