Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

करोमि यद्यहं चास्य पर्वतस्य प्रदक्षिणाम् । तद्भविष्यति कालस्य चलनं भुवनत्रये

Transliteration

karomi yadyahaṃ cāsya parvatasya pradakṣiṇām | tadbhaviṣyati kālasya calanaṃ bhuvanatraye

Translation

„Wenn ich diese Berg pradakṣiṇā-weise umschreite, gerät der Lauf der Zeit in den drei Welten aus der Bahn.“

Word by Word

• करोमि: I do / I will do
• करोमि: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → करोमि
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present); उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तसूचक (conditional particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• पर्वतस्य: of the mountain
• पर्वतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• प्रदक्षिणाम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तत्: that (result)
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; (भविष्यति इत्यस्य कर्तृपदम्)

• भविष्यति: will happen
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) → भविष्यति
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• चलनम्: movement, shifting
• चलनम्: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चलन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भुवनत्रये: in the three worlds
• भुवनत्रये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमास (त्रीणि भुवनानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Vāsaranāyaka (Sūrya) (internal deliberation reported by narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vindhya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya imagines circling the mountain; a faint circular arc of light around Vindhya suggests the potential orbit, while the zodiac wheel and seasons appear wavering in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Vindhya
• Kāla (Time)
• Three worlds (Trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Small concessions to adharma can create vast disorder; cosmic duties must not be altered to satisfy pride.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a site but the principle of cosmic order tied to sacred geography (mountains and the Sun’s route).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it discusses the implications of pradakṣiṇā in cosmic terms.