Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अथ संचिंतयामास ध्यानं कृत्वा पितामहः । हरारिष्टं समाज्ञाय तत्सर्वं हृष्टरूपधृक्

Transliteration

atha saṃciṃtayāmāsa dhyānaṃ kṛtvā pitāmahaḥ | harāriṣṭaṃ samājñāya tatsarvaṃ hṛṣṭarūpadhṛk

Translation

ثم إنَّ الجدَّ الأكبر (براهما) تفكّر ودخل في التأمّل؛ ولما علم أن الخطر قد جاء من هارا (شيفا) اتّخذ ملامح الفرح والسرور تجاه ذلك كلّه.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक

• संचिन्तयामास: he reflected; he considered
• संचिन्तयामास: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ध्यानम्: meditation
• ध्यानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त; क्त्वान्त (gerund)

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā); the grandsire
• पितामहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हरारिष्टम्: the calamity caused by Hara (Śiva)
• हरारिष्टम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर + अरिष्ट (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (हरस्य अरिष्टम्/हरकृतम् अरिष्टम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• समाज्ञाय: having understood; having ascertained
• समाज्ञाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-ज्ञा (धातु) → समाज्ञाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त; क्त्वान्त (gerund)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all; the whole
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्-विशेषण)

• हृष्टरूपधृक्: one who bears a delighted form
• हृष्टरूपधृक्: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृष्ट + रूप + धृक् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास (हृष्टं रूपं यस्य सः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (within Sūta’s ongoing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (Pitāmaha), seated in composed meditation amid the disturbed pavilion, opens his eyes with a serene, even delighted expression—having understood the ‘Hara-origin’ of the peril; surrounding figures begin to steady.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Meditative discernment reveals divine causality; what seems like calamity can be a purposeful act leading to a higher dharmic outcome.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus remains the sacred yajña setting within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative; the verse does not specify the tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna (meditative contemplation) is presented as Brahmā’s means to understand and respond to the crisis.