Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा ते जना गत्वा विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः । बृहद्बलाय तत्सर्वमाचख्युस्तुष्टिसंयुताः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā te janā gatvā vismayotphullalocanāḥ | bṛhadbalāya tatsarvamācakhyustuṣṭisaṃyutāḥ

Translation

Als sie dies hörten, gingen jene Leute weiter, die Augen vor Staunen weit geöffnet; und voller Genugtuung berichteten sie Bṛhadbala alles.

Word by Word

• tat: that (thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having gone)

• vismaya-utphulla-locanāḥ: with eyes widened in amazement
• vismaya-utphulla-locanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vismaya (प्रातिपदिक) + utphulla (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (eyes expanded due to wonder) (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• bṛhadbalāya: to Bṛhadbala
• bṛhadbalāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhadbala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (bṛhat + bala) (Masculine, Dative, Singular)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• ācakhyuḥ: they told
• ācakhyuḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√cakṣ (धातु; कथने/आख्याने)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person, Plural, Parasmaipada)

• tuṣṭi-saṃyutāḥ: endowed with joy/satisfaction
• tuṣṭi-saṃyutāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (tuṣṭyā saṃyutāḥ) (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (third-person storytelling within the māhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of townspeople/pilgrims, eyes widened in astonishment, walking together to a royal court or camp, narrating an extraordinary occurrence to Bṛhadbala with satisfied, reverent faces.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadbala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Extraordinary events (often tied to sacred places) spread through testimony, drawing rulers and communities toward dharmic action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it is part of the surrounding Gartātīrtha/Prāptipura narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.