Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

पूर्णा सागरपर्यंतां चरित्वा पृथिवी मिमाम् । प्राणयात्रां प्रकुर्वाणा मृणालैर्मुनिसत्तमाः । तस्माद्गच्छ तव श्रेयो भूयादस्मात्समागमात्

Transliteration

pūrṇā sāgaraparyaṃtāṃ caritvā pṛthivī mimām | prāṇayātrāṃ prakurvāṇā mṛṇālairmunisattamāḥ | tasmādgaccha tava śreyo bhūyādasmātsamāgamāt

Translation

Nachdem sie diese Erde bis zum umschließenden Ozean durchwandert haben, setzen die besten der Munis, die ihr Leben von Lotosstängeln erhalten, nun ihre Lebenspilgerschaft fort. Darum geh; möge dir aus dieser Begegnung mit uns großes Heil erwachsen.

Word by Word

• पूर्णाः: having completed / fully (done)
• पूर्णाः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सागरपर्यन्ताम्: up to the ocean (as boundary)
• सागरपर्यन्ताम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थ (सागरः पर्यन्तः यस्याः)

• चरित्वा: having traversed
• चरित्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चर् (धातु) → चरित्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय, अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Demonstrative)

• प्राणयात्राम्: maintenance of life, subsistence
• प्राणयात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण + यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्राणानां यात्रा)

• प्रकुर्वाणाः: doing, performing
• प्रकुर्वाणाः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र- कृ (धातु) → कुर्वाण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural), शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (Present active participle)

• मृणालैः: with lotus-stalks
• मृणालैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृणाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• मुनिसत्तमाः: best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमाः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मुनीनाम् सत्तमाः)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, हेत्वर्थ-निर्देशक (therefore)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• श्रेयः: welfare, good
• श्रेयः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूयात्: may it be
• भूयात्: Kriyā (Wish/विध्यर्थ-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम

• समागमात्: from (this) meeting
• समागमात्: Apādāna/Hetu (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु) → समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasi-tīrtha (sages’ āśrama)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A band of emaciated yet radiant sages, having roamed the earth to the ocean’s edge, stand by a lotus lake; they live on lotus-stalks and courteously dismiss Indra, blessing him to gain good from their meeting.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Pṛthivī
• Sāgara
• Mṛṇāla (lotus-stalk)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual life is a disciplined pilgrimage sustained by austerity; association with sages is itself a source of śreyas (highest good).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sages’ tīrtha-āśrama region described in Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the setting around the sacred lake).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on tapas and austere sustenance as part of spiritual pilgrimage.