Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान्विष्णुः पार्वतीमनुकूलयन् । उवाच प्रणतो भूत्वा हरभार्यां महेश्वरीम्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ pārvatīmanukūlayan | uvāca praṇato bhūtvā harabhāryāṃ maheśvarīm

Translation

Als der erhabene Viṣṇu jene Worte hörte und Pārvatī besänftigen wollte, verneigte er sich ehrfürchtig und sprach zu Maheśvarī, der Gemahlin Haras (Śivas).

Word by Word

• tat: that (it)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• pārvatīm: Pārvatī
• pārvatīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• anukūlayan: pleasing, conciliating
• anukūlayan: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anukūlaya (धातु; denom. from anukūla)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी-भाव

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• praṇataḥ: bowed down
• praṇataḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praṇata (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from pra-√nam)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the speaker)

• bhūtvā: having become (being)
• bhūtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया

• hara-bhāryām: Hara’s consort
• hara-bhāryām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of Hara'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• maheśvarīm: the Great Goddess (Maheśvarī)
• maheśvarīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थ-विशेष्य (appositional object)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu bows with folded hands before Pārvatī/Maheśvarī, his posture gentle and conciliatory; the Goddess is seated with composed authority, the scene charged with respectful diplomacy.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Pārvatī
• Hara (Śiva)
• Maheśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and reconciliation are upheld as dharmic responses, even among divine powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha-glorification chapter, but this line itself does not specify the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse introduces a devotional address that follows.