Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत आराधयामास देवदेवं महेश्वरम् । कृत्वा तदाऽश्रमं तत्र श्रद्धया परया युतः

Transliteration

tata ārādhayāmāsa devadevaṃ maheśvaram | kṛtvā tadā'śramaṃ tatra śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ

Translation

ثم، وقد تزيّن بالإيمان الأسمى، أقام هناك أشرمًا وعبد مهايشڤرا، إله الآلهة.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रमवाचक adverb): ‘thereupon/then’

• आराधयामास: worshipped
• आराधयामास: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense not intended here (simple ‘worshipped’)

• देवदेवम्: the god of gods
• देवदेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (देवानां देवः)

• महेश्वरम्: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having made/done’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक adverb): ‘at that time’

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक adverb): ‘there’

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• परया: supreme/great
• परया: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of श्रद्धया)

• युतः: endowed (with)
• युतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘endowed/associated’

Speaker

Sūta (narration continues)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly built forest hermitage with a simple Śiva shrine/liṅga; the king, now ascetic, offers flowers, water, and bilva leaves with intense faith; smoke from a small homa/fire rises.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• devadeva (Lord of gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True pilgrimage matures into steady worship—faith (śraddhā) and disciplined residence (āśrama) make devotion enduring.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates a sacred locale within the Hāṭakeśvara māhātmya setting, where worship of Śiva is undertaken as the central act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Śiva and establishing an āśrama as a base for sustained sādhana.