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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

चन्दनागुरुकाष्ठैश्च चितिं कृत्वा सुविस्तराम् । न्यदधुस्तस्य तद्गात्रं तत्र दक्षिणदिङ्मुखम्

Transliteration

candanāgurukāṣṭhaiśca citiṃ kṛtvā suvistarām | nyadadhustasya tadgātraṃ tatra dakṣiṇadiṅmukham

Translation

Họ dựng một giàn hỏa táng rộng rãi bằng gỗ đàn hương và gỗ trầm (aguru), rồi đặt thân ông lên đó, cho mặt quay về phương Nam.

Word by Word
चन्दनsandalwood
चन्दन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootचन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular (as compound member)
अगुरुaloeswood
अगुरु:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Neuter, Nom./Acc. singular (as compound member)
काष्ठैःwith pieces of wood
काष्ठैः:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental plural
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय — conjunction ‘and’
चितिम्funeral pyre
चितिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचिति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative singular
कृत्वाhaving made
कृत्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to action/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा), पूर्वकाल — Absolutive/gerund ‘having done/made’
सुविस्तराम्very extensive/large
सुविस्तराम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु- + विस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative singular; विशेषण of ‘चितिम्’
न्यदधुःthey placed/laid down
न्यदधुः:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु) with नि- (उपसर्ग)
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, 3rd person plural, Parasmaipada
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (of him/of it)
तत्that
तत्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; विशेषण of ‘गात्रम्’
गात्रम्body/limbs
गात्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय — locative adverb ‘there’
दक्षिणsouthern
दक्षिण:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Feminine, Nom. singular (as compound member)
दिक्direction
दिक्:
Viśeṣya (Head in compound/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्/दिक् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (stem in compound) — Feminine, Nom. singular (as compound member)
मुखम्facing (with face toward)
मुखम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative singular; बहिर्वृत्ति-विशेषण of ‘गात्रम्’ meaning ‘facing’
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ / dvijottamāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide funeral pyre built of sandalwood and aguru logs; attendants place the body carefully, turning the face to the south; the setting feels like a sacred grove/riverbank tīrtha with ritual vessels nearby.

Characters & Entities
L
Lakṣmaṇa
C
Citi (funeral pyre)
C
Candana (sandalwood)
A
Aguru

FAQs

Dharma is expressed through correct saṃskāras; orderly rites affirm cosmic order even at the moment of death.

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

Construct a funeral pyre (citi) with sacred/fragrant woods and place the body upon it, oriented facing the southern direction.

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