Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

पर्वतोऽपि महानादं हरपादतलाहतः । भ्रमिभिर्भ्रमयंस्तत्र महीं सपुरकाननाम्

Transliteration

parvato'pi mahānādaṃ harapādatalāhataḥ | bhramibhirbhramayaṃstatra mahīṃ sapurakānanām

Translation

Vom Aufprall der Fußsohlen Haras getroffen, dröhnte selbst der Berg mit gewaltigem Brausen; und durch seine wirbelnden Strudel ließ er die Erde dort—mitsamt Städten und Wäldern—erbeben und taumeln.

Word by Word

• parvataḥ: the mountain
• parvataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular

• api: also/even
• api: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय — particle (‘also/even’)

• mahānādam: a great sound
• mahānādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + nāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• hara-pāda-tala-āhataḥ: struck by Hara’s sole
• hara-pāda-tala-āhataḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक) + pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक) + āhata (कृदन्त; √han धातु, आ-उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular; समासः (हरस्य पादतलेन आहतः)

• bhramibhiḥ: with whirlings/rotations
• bhramibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhrami (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• bhramayan: causing to whirl/shaking
• bhramayan: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Participial predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhramayan (कृदन्त; √bhram धातु, शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Present active participle; कर्तरि प्रयोग

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

• mahīm: the earth
• mahīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• sa-pura-kānanām: together with cities and forests
• sa-pura-kānanām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/पूर्वपद) + pura (प्रातिपदिक) + kānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समासः (पुरैः काननैश्च सह)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the Ṛṣis (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya style; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s foot strikes a mountain; the rock-face reverberates like a drum, and the surrounding land—cities and forests—tilts and trembles in concentric waves, with dust and light rising together.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s presence is portrayed as a world-transforming power; the devotee is invited to revere the tīrtha where divine energy is felt as awe and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 254), praising a local tīrtha context where Śiva’s dance-like movement manifests; the exact place-name is not stated in this shloka alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse; it is descriptive māhātmya imagery.