Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अथैवं नृत्यमानस्य मुनेस्तस्य महात्मनः । लास्यं चक्रे ततः सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्

Transliteration

athaivaṃ nṛtyamānasya munestasya mahātmanaḥ | lāsyaṃ cakre tataḥ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam

Translation

এভাবে নৃত্যরত সেই মহাত্মা মুনিকে দেখে, তখন সমগ্র জগৎ—স্থাবর ও জঙ্গম—তাঁর সঙ্গে লাস্য করতে লাগল।

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/particle) आरम्भ-सूचक

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘in this manner’

• नृत्यमानस्य: of the dancing one
• नृत्यमानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-वर्तमान कृदन्त (present participle) ‘नृत्यमान’; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘of (him) who is dancing’

• मुनेः: of the sage
• मुनेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तस्य: of that (one), his
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• लास्यम्: lāsya-dance (graceful dance)
• लास्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• चक्रे: performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सर्वम्: all, entire
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘जगत्…’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्: the whole world of stationary and moving beings
• जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + स्थावर + जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘स्थावरजङ्गमं जगत्’ इति कर्मधारय-भावः, समस्तपद-रूपेण; कर्म

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kshetra (episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage’s dance becomes a cosmic contagion: trees sway like dancers, animals leap in rhythm, even rocks seem to pulse; the whole world mirrors his movement.

Characters & Entities

• muni
• jagat (world)
• sthāvara-jaṅgama (immobile and mobile beings)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual realization can radiate outward, influencing the environment—depicting the tīrtha’s vast, world-touching potency.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing tīrtha narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the verse highlights its extraordinary power without naming it.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes a miraculous, cosmic consequence of the sage’s ecstatic dance.