Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

उदङ्मुखी प्रतस्थे च वार्यमाणापि सर्वतः । सर्वाभिर्देवपत्नीभिर्लक्ष्मीपूर्वाभिरेवच

Transliteration

udaṅmukhī pratasthe ca vāryamāṇāpi sarvataḥ | sarvābhirdevapatnībhirlakṣmīpūrvābhirevaca

Translation

Nach Norden gewandt brach sie auf, obgleich man sie von allen Seiten zurückzuhalten suchte—von allen Göttergemahlinnen, auch unter Lakṣmīs Führung.

Word by Word

• उदङ्-मुखी: facing north
• उदङ्-मुखी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदङ् (अव्यय/दिक्शब्द) + मुखिन्/मुखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय-समासः (उदङ् मुखं यस्याः = north-facing)

• प्रतस्थे: set out / departed
• प्रतस्थे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)

• वार्यमाणा: being restrained / being stopped
• वार्यमाणा: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारय् (धातु; √वृ ‘to choose/ward’ causative)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha (Concession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Concessive particle/अपि)

• सर्वतः: from all sides
• सर्वतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb ‘from all sides’/सर्वदिक्)

• सर्वाभिः: by all
• सर्वाभिः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• देव-पत्नीभिः: by the wives of the gods
• देव-पत्नीभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष-समासः (देवानां पत्नीभिः)

• लक्ष्मी-पूर्वाभिः: with Lakṣmī at the head
• लक्ष्मी-पूर्वाभिः: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष-समासः (लक्ष्म्याः पूर्वाः = with Lakṣmī in front/led by Lakṣmī)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Emphatic particle/निश्चयार्थक)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)

Speaker

Sūta (carried narrative voice from 192.83)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī turns to the north and begins to depart; devapatnīs surround her trying to restrain; Lakṣmī stands foremost, pleading.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Lakṣmī
• Devapatnī (wives of the gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives tie spiritual events to movement and direction, suggesting that inner resolve drives outward pilgrimage and destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This shloka describes departure (northward) without naming the destination tīrtha in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description (departure despite restraint).