Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एवमस्य नरेन्द्रस्य वर्त्तमानस्य भूतले । सुखेन रमते लोको राज्ये निहतकंटके

Transliteration

evamasya narendrasya varttamānasya bhūtale | sukhena ramate loko rājye nihatakaṃṭake

Translation

因此，当这位人王在大地上执政时，百姓安乐而居；因为他的国度已剪除“荆棘”——罪犯与祸患。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (thus/in this way)

• अस्य: of this/of him
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नरेन्द्रस्य: of the king (lord of men)
• नरेन्द्रस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् इन्द्रः)

• वर्त्तमानस्य: of (him) who is reigning/being present
• वर्त्तमानस्य: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्त् (धातु) + शानच् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present participle, Ātmanepada sense); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भूतले: on the earth
• भूतले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भू-तलम्)

• सुखेन: with ease/happily
• सुखेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• रमते: rejoices/enjoys
• रमते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• लोकः: the people/world
• लोकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• राज्ये: in the kingdom
• राज्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• निहतकण्टके: (in a kingdom) where thorns/obstacles are removed
• निहतकण्टके: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत + कण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (निहताः कण्टकाः यस्मिन्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pastoral civic harmony: clean streets, merchants trading honestly, pilgrims walking safely, children playing; the king’s presence is implied by order and contentment rather than force.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dhārmic ruler creates a ‘thornless’ realm where people can live peacefully and pursue virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits in the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative frame; it praises righteous rule rather than detailing a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a statement of the fruits of righteous governance.