Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

ततो मासात्समासाद्य दिव्यचक्षुर्महीपतिः । स बभूव नृपश्रेष्ठः स्पृहणीयतमः सताम्

Transliteration

tato māsātsamāsādya divyacakṣurmahīpatiḥ | sa babhūva nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ spṛhaṇīyatamaḥ satām

Translation

Dann, nachdem ein Monat verstrichen war, erlangte jener König göttliche Schau; er wurde der beste der Herrscher, der Bewundernswerteste für die Frommen.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय = then

• māsāt: after a month
• māsāt: Apadana (Ablative time-point/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; 'after/from a month'

• samāsādya: having attained
• samāsādya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-√sad (धातु) → samāsādya (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) = having attained/reached

• divya-cakṣuḥ: having divine sight
• divya-cakṣuḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; 'दिव्यं चक्षुः' = divine sight; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate/attribute to 'mahīpatiḥ'

• mahīpatiḥ: the king
• mahīpatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'king'

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'he'

• babhūva: became
• babhūva: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'became'

• nṛpa-śreṣṭhaḥ: best of kings
• nṛpa-śreṣṭhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; 'नृपाणां श्रेष्ठः' = best of kings; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to 'saḥ'

• spṛhaṇīya-tamaḥ: most desirable
• spṛhaṇīya-tamaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: spṛhaṇīya (कृदन्त from √spṛh) + tama (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण; तमप्-प्रत्यय (superlative); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'most desirable'

• satām: of the virtuous
• satām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन; 'of the good/virtuous people'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahīpati/nṛpaśreṣṭha (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a month of worship, the king’s eyes shine with divine sight; he stands before Dāmodara’s shrine, radiant yet humble; sages and virtuous people look on with admiration, acknowledging his transformed rulership.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained devotion yields inner illumination, symbolized as divine sight, and elevates one’s dharmic stature.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha connected with Dāmodara worship and lamp-offering, where such results are said to manifest.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sustained observance over a month (implied continuation of lamp-offering and worship) leading to the stated fruit.