Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सर्वैरंतःपुरैः सार्धं दुःखशोकसमन्वितः । इन्द्रोऽपि प्राप्तवान्राज्यं तदा निहत कंटकम्

Transliteration

sarvairaṃtaḥpuraiḥ sārdhaṃ duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ | indro'pi prāptavānrājyaṃ tadā nihata kaṃṭakam

Translation

与所有内宫眷属一同，满怀忧苦悲恸；因陀罗亦于彼时重得王权——当那“荆棘”般的祸患已被诛灭之后。

Word by Word

• सर्वैः: with all
• सर्वैः: Karana/Association (करण/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• अन्तःपुरैः: with the inner apartments / households
• अन्तःपुरैः: Karana/Association (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘अन्तः’ (अव्यय) + ‘पुर’ इति तत्पुरुष

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक अव्यय (adverb/preposition)

• दुःख-शोक-समन्वितः: endowed with sorrow and grief
• दुःख-शोक-समन्वितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + शोक + समन्वित (कृदन्त; √अन्वि/√इ (धातु) + सम् उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘दुःखशोकैः समन्वितः’ (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘also/even’

• प्राप्तवान्: obtained
• प्राप्तवान्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: कृत्-प्रत्यय ‘क्तवतुँ’ (परस्मैपदी), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकालार्थे (perfective past)

• राज्यम्: kingdom / sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• निहत-कण्टकम्: with the thorn (obstacle) removed
• निहत-कण्टकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत (कृदन्त; √हन् (धातु) + नि उपसर्ग) + कण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘निहतः कण्टकः यस्य तत्’—राज्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra returns to his throne, yet the inner quarters remain heavy with grief; the menace is gone, but the palace bears the emotional residue of crisis.

Characters & Entities

• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s restoration may follow suffering, yet the removal of oppression enables rightful order to return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Māhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.