Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

पुरा मे वसमानस्य पुरतोऽत्र पितुर्गृहे । आयातः स मुनिस्तत्र वत्सो नाम महाद्युतिः

Transliteration

purā me vasamānasya purato'tra piturgṛhe | āyātaḥ sa munistatra vatso nāma mahādyutiḥ

Translation

قديماً، حين كنتُ مقيماً هنا في بيت أبي، أتى إلى ذلك الموضع أمامي مُنيٌّ عظيمُ الإشراق يُدعى فَتْسَا.

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-viseshana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb: 'formerly')

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• वसमानस्य: of me dwelling
• वसमानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present middle participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुरतः: in front
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (adverb: 'in front')

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• पितुः: of (my) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• आयातः: having come
• आयातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-या (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• वत्सः: Vatsa
• वत्सः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक (indeclinable indicating name)

• महाद्युतिः: of great splendor
• महाद्युतिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाद्युति (प्रातिपदिक: महा + द्युति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः कर्मधारय (महान् द्युतिः यस्य)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating

Characters & Entities

• Vatsa
• Lomaharṣaṇa
• Lomaharṣaṇa's father

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy narratives begin with the arrival of a radiant sage, reminding that the presence of sādhus sanctifies a place and initiates dharmic events.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sets the narrative scene within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha praise unfolds in the surrounding adhyāya rather than being named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; it introduces the sage whose visit leads to later observances.