Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

ततश्चित्रांगदं दृष्ट्वा स गन्धर्वं दिवौकसाम् । तथारूपं कृपाविष्टस्ततः प्रोवाच शंकरः

Transliteration

tataścitrāṃgadaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa gandharvaṃ divaukasām | tathārūpaṃ kṛpāviṣṭastataḥ provāca śaṃkaraḥ

Translation

তারপর শংকর দেবলোকবাসী গন্ধর্ব চিত্রাঙ্গদকে এমন অবস্থায় দেখে করুণায় বিগলিত হয়ে কথা বললেন।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (sequential adverb)

• चित्रांगदम्: Citrāṅgada
• चित्रांगदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रांगद (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव

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

• गन्धर्वम्: the Gandharva
• गन्धर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दिवौकसाम्: of the dwellers in heaven (gods)
• दिवौकसाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवौकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• तथारूपम्: of such a form; thus-formed
• तथारूपम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तथा + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—अव्ययीभाव (तथा-रूपम् = of such a form)

• कृपाविष्टः: filled with compassion
• कृपाविष्टः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपा + आविष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (कृपया आविष्टः = possessed by compassion)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक

• प्रोवाच: spoke; said
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग-प्र (प्र + उवाच)

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; verse introduces Śaṅkara speaking next)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara beholds the Gandharva Citrāṅgada in a degraded, suffering state; Śiva’s face softens with compassion as he begins to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṅgada
• Gandharva
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion responds to sincere suffering; the Lord intervenes to guide the devotee toward a dharmic remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excerpt sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya (sacred-site glorification) of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but the precise tīrtha name is not stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it sets up Śaṅkara’s instruction that follows.