Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ततो निशामुखे प्राप्ता यत्र देवः पितामहः । दीक्षितस्त्वथ मौनी च यज्ञमण्डपसंश्रितः

Transliteration

tato niśāmukhe prāptā yatra devaḥ pitāmahaḥ | dīkṣitastvatha maunī ca yajñamaṇḍapasaṃśritaḥ

Translation

Dann, als die Nacht heraufzog, gelangten sie an den Ort, wo der Gott Pitāmaha (Brahmā) für das Yajña geweiht war—im Schweigegelübde (maunī) und im Opferpavillon verweilend.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Temporal/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: ततः-शब्दः; अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• निशामुखे: at the beginning of night
• निशामुखे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (निशायाः मुखे)

• प्राप्ताः: having arrived / arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे (they arrived)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Relative location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धक-अव्यय (relative locative adverb)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta (Apposition to devaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिता (प्रातिपदिक) + मह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितुः महः = grandfather; epithet of Brahmā)

• दीक्षितः: initiated / consecrated
• दीक्षितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier of devaḥ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेष/विरोध-बोधक अव्यय (particle)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: आरम्भ/अनन्तर-बोधक अव्यय (then/now)

• मौनी: the silent one (vowed to silence)
• मौनी: Viśeṣaṇa (Appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यज्ञमण्डपसंश्रितः: seated/located in the sacrificial pavilion
• यज्ञमण्डपसंश्रितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of devaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक) + संश्रित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (यज्ञमण्डपे संश्रितः = having resorted to/being in the sacrificial pavilion)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the edge of night, sages approach a glowing yajña-maṇḍapa; within, Brahmā as Pitāmaha sits in dīkṣā, silent, composed, surrounded by ritual posts and sacred fires, the pavilion lit against deepening sky.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Dīkṣā
• Mauna
• Yajña-maṇḍapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is sanctified by primordial Vedic sacrifice; dīkṣā and disciplined silence (mauna) are portrayed as sources of spiritual power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A location within the Adhyāya 182 tīrtha setting, specifically a yajña-maṇḍapa associated with Brahmā (not named in the snippet).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīkṣā (sacrificial consecration) and mauna (vow of silence) in the context of yajña.