Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अहमप्येव तत्रैव प्रस्थितस्तस्य दर्शनात् । प्रस्थितश्च त्वया युको देवकार्येण केनचित्

Transliteration

ahamapyeva tatraiva prasthitastasya darśanāt | prasthitaśca tvayā yuko devakāryeṇa kenacit

Translation

وأنا أيضًا قد انطلقتُ إلى ذلك الموضع بعينه طلبًا لرؤيته؛ وقد خرجتُ كذلك معك، إذ كنتُ مكلَّفًا بمهمةٍ ما من مهامّ الآلهة.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

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

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• प्रस्थितः: having departed / set out
• प्रस्थितः: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) → प्रस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय (having set out)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दर्शनात्: from/owing to (the) seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• प्रस्थितः: having set out
• प्रस्थितः: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) → प्रस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• त्वया: by you/with you
• त्वया: Sahakari/Karana (Agent/Instrument/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• युक्तः: joined/engaged
• युक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (connected/engaged)

• देव-कार्येण: by a divine task
• देव-कार्येण: Karana/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (देवानां कार्यम्)

• केनचित्: by some (reason/thing)
• केनचित्: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite: by some)

Speaker

Narrative voice within the episode (context indicates one companion explaining his departure and purpose)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (destination implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Companion addressed in second person (contextually Garuḍa and/or a brāhmaṇa figure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage declares he has already set out for darśana, accompanying another due to a divine errand; the road to the watery shrine is implied.

Characters & Entities

• Devas (gods)
• Viṣṇu (implied by 'tasya darśana')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine service (deva-kārya) and devotion (darśana-icchā) can harmonize; sacred travel is both duty and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha where the Lord is to be beheld; the exact toponym is established in the adjoining verses of Adhyāya 80.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on setting out (prasthāna) for darśana and fulfilling deva-kārya.