Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा ततो ब्रह्मा ततश्चादर्शनं गतः । हिरण्याक्षोऽपि संहृष्टः स्वमेव भवनं ययौ

Transliteration

evamuktvā tato brahmā tataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ | hiraṇyākṣo'pi saṃhṛṣṭaḥ svameva bhavanaṃ yayau

Translation

Nachdem Brahmā so gesprochen hatte, entschwand er dem Blick. Auch Hiraṇyākṣa, voller Freude, kehrte in seine eigene Wohnstatt zurück.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति-अव्यय; adverb (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); having said

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अपादान/काल-अव्यय; adverb (then/from there)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular (Brahmā)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: काल-अव्यय; adverb (then)

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

• अदर्शनम्: disappearance / invisibility
• अदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; अ- + दर्शन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular (disappearance/invisibility)

• गतः: went (into)
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; √गम् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past participle used predicatively (went/entered)

• हिरण्याक्षः: Hiraṇyākṣa
• हिरण्याक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्याक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य + अक्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular (Hiraṇyākṣa)

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

• संहृष्टः: delighted
• संहृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहृष्ट (कृदन्त; सम् + √हृष् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past participle (delighted)

• स्वम्: his own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular used adjectivally (own)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय; emphatic particle (indeed/just)

• भवनम्: abode
• भवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular (house/abode)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect (went)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā fades from view in a beam of light; Hiraṇyākṣa, pleased, turns back toward his palace/abode—an ending tableau with calm finality.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Hiraṇyākṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teachings are presented as authoritative revelations: the divine speaker departs after establishing the dharmic rule.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this transition verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription is given here; it closes a speech and moves the narrative forward.