Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

तस्मादागच्छ गच्छामस्ताताश्रामपदे शुभे । त्वन्मार्गं वीक्षते तातः कर्षुको वर्षणं यथा

Transliteration

tasmādāgaccha gacchāmastātāśrāmapade śubhe | tvanmārgaṃ vīkṣate tātaḥ karṣuko varṣaṇaṃ yathā

Translation

Darum komm — lasst uns zur glückverheißenden Einsiedelei gehen. Dein Vater schaut nach deinem Weg aus, wie ein Bauer nach dem Kommen des Regens Ausschau hält.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore / from that
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (masc./neut.), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (ablative/5th), एकवचन (singular)

• āgaccha: come
• āgaccha: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); उपसर्ग: आ-

• gacchāmaḥ: we go / let us go
• gacchāmaḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (plural)

• tāta: dear (son)/dear one
• tāta: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• āśrama-pade: in the hermitage-place
• āśrama-pade: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘आश्रमस्य पदे/स्थाने’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)

• śubhe: auspicious
• śubhe: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative/7th), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifying āśrama-pade)

• tvat-mārgam: your path
• tvat-mārgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvat (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘त्वत्-मार्गम्’ (= तव मार्गम्); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• vīkṣate: looks at / watches
• vīkṣate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); उपसर्ग: वि-

• tātaḥ: father
• tātaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• karṣukaḥ: a ploughman / farmer
• karṣukaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṣuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• varṣaṇam: rainfall / rain
• varṣaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• yathā: as / like
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (comparative particle: as/like)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; speaker not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A son gently invites Āhilyā to proceed to a bright hermitage; in the distance an elderly father watches the path, like a farmer scanning the sky for rain over parched fields.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld by timely action—returning to rightful duties and honoring parental bonds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse points to an āśrama setting that frames the Hāṭakeśvara episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; it is an exhortation to proceed to the auspicious āśrama.