Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तो मातलिः शक्रसारथिः । सहस्रैदर्शभिर्युक्तं वाजिनां वातरंहसाम्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare prāpto mātaliḥ śakrasārathiḥ | sahasraidarśabhiryuktaṃ vājināṃ vātaraṃhasām

Translation

In diesem Augenblick traf Mātali, Śakras Wagenlenker, ein und brachte einen Wagen herbei, angespannt mit tausend Rossen, windesschnell.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case/locative), एकवचन

• antare: in the meantime
• antare: Adhikaraṇa (Temporal location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in the interval/meanwhile’

• prāptaḥ: arrived
• prāptaḥ: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + āp (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त (past participle: arrived)

• mātaliḥ: Mātali
• mātaliḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śakra-sārathiḥ: charioteer of Śakra (Indra)
• śakra-sārathiḥ: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra + sārathi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (śakrasya sārathiḥ)

• sahasraiḥ: with thousands of
• sahasraiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण (by thousands/with thousands)

• darśabhīḥ: tens
• darśabhīḥ: Karana (Instrument/associated measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘tens’ (group of ten)

• yuktam: yoked/attached
• yuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from yuj)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त (joined/yoked)

• vājinām: of horses
• vājinām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vājin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• vāta-raṃhasām: wind-swift
• vāta-raṃhasām: Visheshana (Qualifier of vājinām/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāta + raṃhas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; उपमान/तत्पुरुषः (vāta-iva raṃhas = wind-swift)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mātali, Indra’s charioteer, arrives at the critical moment with a magnificent chariot yoked to a thousand wind-swift horses, filling the scene with motion and celestial grandeur.

Characters & Entities

• Mātali
• Indra (Śakra)
• Vājins (horses)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is to be upheld, timely assistance arrives; divine order works through appointed instruments and readiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.