Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

स्तंभयित्वा तथाप्येवं गगनस्थं शनैश्चरम् । ततः प्रोवाच तं बालं पिप्पलादं मुनीश्वरः

Transliteration

staṃbhayitvā tathāpyevaṃ gaganasthaṃ śanaiścaram | tataḥ provāca taṃ bālaṃ pippalādaṃ munīśvaraḥ

Translation

এইদৰে আকাশতে থকা শনৈশ্চৰকো স্তম্ভিত কৰি, তাৰ পাছত মহামুনিয়ে সেই বালক পিপ্পলাদক সম্বোধন কৰিলে।

Word by Word

• स्तंभयित्वा: having immobilized; having stopped
• स्तंभयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्तम्भ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having stopped/immobilized’

• तथापि: nevertheless; even so
• तथापि: Sambandha (Concessive connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय) + अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय (even so/nevertheless)

• एवम्: thus; in this manner
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• गगनस्थम्: situated in the sky
• गगनस्थम्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गगन (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण

• शनैश्चरम्: Śanaiścara (Saturn)
• शनैश्चरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शनैश्चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक/अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• प्रोवाच: said; spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• बालम्: the boy
• बालम्: Karma (Object in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• पिप्पलादम्: Pippalāda
• पिप्पलादम्: Karma (Object in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पलाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (proper noun)

• मुनीश्वरः: the lord of sages
• मुनीश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

Speaker

Narrator (within the chapter’s frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra (implied narrative anchoring)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pippalāda

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śanaiścara is held motionless in midair, as if pinned to the sky; below or beside stands the munīśvara (Nārada), turning from the miracle to address the boy Pippalāda, initiating a didactic exchange.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śanaiścara (Śani)
• Pippalāda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual authority and self-mastery (embodied by sages) can restrain destructive forces and redirect events toward dharmic resolution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.