Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्कर्षणाच्चापि यस्तेनाशु प्रताड्यते । स तेनैव शरीरेण नीयते तेन तत्पदम्

Transliteration

tatastatkarṣaṇāccāpi yastenāśu pratāḍyate | sa tenaiva śarīreṇa nīyate tena tatpadam

Translation

Und ferner: Durch das Dorthin-Schleppen wird, wer von jener Macht rasch niedergestreckt wird, von eben derselben Kraft—im selben Leib—zu jenem höchsten Zustand geführt.

Word by Word

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘then/from that’)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्षणात्)

• कर्षणात्: from the pulling/dragging
• कर्षणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चय-निपात (particle: also/even)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तेन: by him / by that
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)

• प्रताड्यते: is struck/beaten
• प्रताड्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ताड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेन: by him / by that
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed / only
• एव: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• शरीरेण: with the body
• शरीरेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नीयते: is led/taken
• नीयते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• तेन: by him / by that
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पदम्)

• पदम्: state/abode/goal
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the ṛṣis (deduced from Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Citreśvarīpīṭha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A person is dragged by an unseen force or divine agency across the sacred ground; at the moment of being struck down, a luminous pathway opens, and the same body is shown ascending/being carried toward a radiant ‘supreme state’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse stresses the extraordinary, immediate efficacy (kṣetra-phala) of a powerful sacred site, capable of leading a person to the highest state even without prolonged practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage belongs to the Citreśvarīpīṭha/Hāṭakeśvara sacred complex described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it highlights the kṣetra’s direct salvific power.