Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्ततश्चादर्शनं गतः । तत्र नित्यं च तपसि स्थिते सख्यावुभावपि

Transliteration

evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ | tatra nityaṃ ca tapasi sthite sakhyāvubhāvapi

Translation

Nachdem jener selige Herr so gesprochen hatte, entschwand er dem Blick. Dort blieben beide Freunde beständig im Tapas, in heiliger Askese, gegründet.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha/Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus)

• uktvā: having spoken
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vac (धातु) → uktvā (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having said’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); सर्वनाम

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• tataḥ: then / from there
• tataḥ: Kāla/Apādāna (Time/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/सर्वनाम-निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (then/from there)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• adarśanam: invisibility / out of sight
• adarśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); नञ्-तत्पुरुषः

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) → gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; भूतार्थे (having gone)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: there)

• nityam: always
• nityam: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nityam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: always)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• tapasi: in austerity
• tapasi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• sthite: while (they) were abiding
• sthite: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) → sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, द्विवचन (Locative, Dual); सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• sakhyau: the two friends
• sakhyau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Dual)

• ubhau: both
• ubhau: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubha (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Dual); संख्यावाचक/उभयवाचक

• api: also
• api: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: The same paired tīrtha-kṣetra (site of darśana and tapas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord fades from view after speaking; in the quiet aftermath, two companion ascetics remain by the tīrtha, seated in meditation and austerity, with the liṅga and waters nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān (Lord, likely Śiva)
• Two friends (sakhyau)
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction is followed by sustained practice: true sanctity is upheld by continuous tapas and disciplined living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale of the tīrthayugma in Adhyāya 198, where the Lord appeared, taught the rite, and where the friends continued their austerities.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a new rite, but an emphasis on nitya-tapas (ongoing austerity) as the devotees’ response to divine teaching.