Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

क्षुत्पिपासातुरा दीना दुःखेन महताऽन्विताः । पदपद्धतिमार्गेण येन यातः स भूपतिः

Transliteration

kṣutpipāsāturā dīnā duḥkhena mahatā'nvitāḥ | padapaddhatimārgeṇa yena yātaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ

Translation

Bị đói khát hành hạ, khốn khổ và chìm trong nỗi thống khổ lớn, họ đã đến theo đúng lối mòn mà nhà vua ấy đã đi qua.

Word by Word

• क्षुत्पिपासातुराः: afflicted by hunger and thirst
• क्षुत्पिपासातुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुत् + पिपासा + आतुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the servants); ‘क्षुत्-पिपासा’ (hunger & thirst) + ‘आतुर’ (afflicted)

• दीनाः: wretched
• दीनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• दुःखेन: with suffering
• दुःखेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• महतā: great
• महतā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘दुःखेन’)

• अन्विताः: endowed/filled (with)
• अन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + इ (धातु) → अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पदपद्धतिमार्गेण: by the footpath/track-route
• पदपद्धतिमार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद + पद्धति + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; मार्ग-निर्देश (by the path/track)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative)

• यातः: went/has gone
• यातः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) → यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (gone)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भूपतिः: the king
• भूपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अप्पोज़िशन to ‘सः’

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrow footpath through scrub and forest: servants stumble forward, lips parched, carrying the wounded; dust rises; the same track bears footprints of the king’s earlier passage, visually linking their fate to his journey.

Characters & Entities

• bhūpati (king)
• sevakāḥ (servants)
• kṣut (hunger)
• pipāsā (thirst)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hardship accompanies worldly movement; endurance and remembrance of dharma are required on difficult paths.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it describes the travel route and the attendants’ suffering.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive of condition and travel.