Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ततो वैराग्यमापन्नः सुप्तोऽहं भग्नमंदिरे । तानि पद्मानि भूपृष्ठे निधाय सह भार्यया

Transliteration

tato vairāgyamāpannaḥ supto'haṃ bhagnamaṃdire | tāni padmāni bhūpṛṣṭhe nidhāya saha bhāryayā

Translation

Dann, von Entsagung ergriffen, schlief ich in einem verfallenen Tempel ein und legte jene Lotosblüten zusammen mit meiner Gattin auf den Boden.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्) — then

• vairāgyam: dispassion; detachment
• vairāgyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• āpannaḥ: having fallen into; having attained
• āpannaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā+pad (धातु) + kta (क्त) → āpanna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं भूतकृदन्तम्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; aham इति कर्तरि — ‘having attained/fallen into’

• suptaḥ: asleep
• suptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svap (धातु) + kta (क्त) → supta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्तं भूतकृदन्तम्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; aham इति विशेष्ये — ‘asleep’

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• bhagna-mandire: in a ruined house/temple
• bhagna-mandire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘broken’ + ‘house’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचनम्

• tāni: those
• tāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; padmāni इति विशेष्येण सह

• padmāni: lotuses
• padmāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• bhū-pṛṣṭhe: on the ground; on the earth’s surface
• bhū-pṛṣṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + pṛṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• nidhāya: having placed
• nidhāya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ni+dhā (धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्तं अव्ययकृदन्तम्; ‘having placed/put down’

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहकारार्थक-उपसर्गवत्/निपातः); तृतीया-सहयोगे प्रयुज्यते

• bhāryayā: with (my) wife
• bhāryayā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (a devotee/pilgrim speaking within the Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (temple precinct within)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A crumbling temple with broken pillars; the couple lies asleep on the floor; a small heap of lotuses placed on bare earth; moonlight entering through a broken roof, hinting at impending miracle.

Characters & Entities

• Mandira (temple)
• Bhāryā (wife)
• Padma (lotus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When worldly means collapse, vairāgya arises—often the doorway through which a tīrtha reveals its hidden mercy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse situates the devotee near a temple space in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa region, preceding the Mahākāla-focused scene.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on the pilgrim’s state and setting (a temple precinct).