Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

दक्षोऽपि बाढमित्येव तत्प्रोक्त्वा च ययौ गृहम् । चंद्रस्तु दक्षकन्यास्ताः समं पश्यति सर्वदा

Transliteration

dakṣo'pi bāḍhamityeva tatproktvā ca yayau gṛham | caṃdrastu dakṣakanyāstāḥ samaṃ paśyati sarvadā

Translation

دکش نے بھی صرف “تھاستو” کہہ کر یہ بات کہی اور گھر لوٹ گیا۔ اس کے بعد چندرما ہمیشہ دکش کی بیٹیوں کو برابر نگاہ سے دیکھتا رہا۔

Word by Word

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), ‘also’

• बाढम्: certainly/indeed
• बाढम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अनुमोदनार्थ (certainly/indeed)

• इति: thus
• इति: वाक्य-चिह्न (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्: that (statement)
• तत्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); प्रोक्त्वा इति क्रियाविशेषणस्य कर्म

• प्रोक्त्वा: having said
• प्रोक्त्वा: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable), ‘having said’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: कर्म/गन्तव्य (Destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• चन्द्रः: the Moon
• चन्द्रः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (adversative/emphatic particle)

• दक्षकन्याः: Dakṣa’s daughters
• दक्षकन्याः: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive tatpurusha) ‘Dakṣa’s daughters’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ताः: them
• ताः: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समम्: equally
• समम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), समत्वार्थ (equally)

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/dvijas (audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa, composed, gestures assent and departs; Candra stands radiant, facing a circle of 27 daughters (nakṣatra-maidens), offering equal gaze/blessing to all.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Candra (Soma)
• Dakṣa-kanyās (daughters of Dakṣa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through fairness—Candra’s equal regard becomes the ideal of impartial conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya stream that culminates in Soma-related sacred presence; the specific shrine is elaborated in the following adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative groundwork for later tīrtha-phala and observance.