Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवं बहुविधान्कृत्वा प्रलापान्रघुनन्दनः । मातृभिः सहितो दीनः शोकेन महतान्वितः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evaṃ bahuvidhānkṛtvā pralāpānraghunandanaḥ | mātṛbhiḥ sahito dīnaḥ śokena mahatānvitaḥ

Translation

苏多说道：“如此发出种种哀叹之后，罗伽之喜者（Raghunandana）因悲苦而凄惶，与诸母同在，被巨大的忧伤所淹没。”

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'said'

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Manner/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• bahu-vidhān: many kinds (of)
• bahu-vidhān: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; समासः—कर्मधारय 'many kinds of' (qualifying pralāpān)

• kṛtvā: having made/uttered
• kṛtvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Gerundial modifier/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund) — 'having done/made'

• pralāpān: lamentations
• pralāpān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pralāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग

• raghu-nandanaḥ: Raghu’s descendant (Rāma)
• raghu-nandanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raghu (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) 'delight/descendant of Raghu'

• mātṛbhiḥ: with the mothers
• mātṛbhiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; स्त्रीलिङ्ग

• sahitaḥ: accompanied
• sahitaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saha (उपसर्ग) + i (धातु) → sahita (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग — 'accompanied'

• dīnaḥ: wretched
• dīnaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग; विशेषण (of raghu-nandanaḥ)

• śokena: with grief
• śokena: Karana (Cause/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग

• mahatā: great
• mahatā: Karana (Qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; विशेषण (qualifying śokena) — 'great'

• anvitaḥ: filled/possessed
• anvitaḥ: Karta (Predicate qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-i (धातु) → anvita (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग — 'endowed/filled (with)'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator (Sūta) describes Raghunandana seated among the mothers, drained and sorrowful; the scene is quieter—after many cries—heavy with grief.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Raghunandana (Rāma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narration acknowledges human grief while preparing the listener for dharmic counsel and proper rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not stated in this verse; it is a narrative transition within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None yet; the verse sets the scene for ensuing counsel and funerary duties.