Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

अहं चापि च तत्रैव बहून्वर्षगणान्पुरा । अवसं चागतश्चात्र नारदस्य भयात्तथा

Transliteration

ahaṃ cāpi ca tatraiva bahūnvarṣagaṇānpurā | avasaṃ cāgataścātra nāradasya bhayāttathā

Translation

ময়ো পূৰ্বতে তাতেই বহু বছৰ ধৰি বাস কৰিছিলোঁ; তাৰ পাছত নাৰদৰ ভয়তে মই ইয়ালৈও আহিলোঁ।

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थक; एकवचन; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc. sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक निपात (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

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

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

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Acc. pl.)

• वर्षगणान्: groups of years (many years)
• वर्षगणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष + गण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वर्षाणां गणाः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन (Acc. pl.)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly/once)

• अवसम्: I lived/dwelt
• अवसम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (भूतकाल); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (I dwelt)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• आगतः: (having) come
• आगतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन (Nom. sg.)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

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

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• नारदस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Gen. sg.)

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Abl. sg.)

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus/in that manner)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person narrator within the episode (likely a ṛṣi/deva speaking in the narrative)

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Mahīsāgara (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often show how reputation, speech, and disclosure (often through Nārada) can alter worldly plans and compel relocation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references residence near the previously praised Mahīsāgara (by context), though it focuses on the speaker’s movement rather than direct glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a narrative statement about dwelling and leaving due to fear of Nārada.