Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

शंकरोऽप्यक्षिपत्तत्र कामबाणप्रपीडितः । गौरीं भगवतीं ध्यायन्नानन्दं परमं गतः

Transliteration

śaṃkaro'pyakṣipattatra kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ | gaurīṃ bhagavatīṃ dhyāyannānandaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ

Translation

Dort schleuderte selbst Śaṅkara (Śiva), von den Pfeilen Kāmas gequält, es von sich; und in Meditation über die selige Göttin Gaurī gelangte er zur höchsten Wonne.

Word by Word

• शंकरः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle; अर्थे: 'also/even'

• अक्षिपत्: threw/cast
• अक्षिपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = locative adverb; 'there'

• कामबाणप्रपीडितः: afflicted by Kāma's arrows
• कामबाणप्रपीडितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + बाण (प्रातिपदिक) + प्र-√पीड् (धातु) + क्त (past participle)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; तत्पुरुषसमासः (कामस्य बाणैः प्रपीडितः = afflicted by Kāma's arrows)

• गौरीम्: Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• गौरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भगवतीम्: the divine (goddess)
• भगवतीम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गौरीम् इति विशेषणम्

• ध्यायन्: meditating on
• ध्यायन्: Karta (Agent-participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'meditating'

• आनन्दम्: bliss
• आनन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; आनन्दम् इति विशेषणम्

• गतः: attained
• गतः: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु) + क्त (past participle)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'gone/attained'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śarastamba (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śaṅkara, inwardly tormented by Kāma’s arrows, releases the potent seed/energy and immediately enters deep meditation on Gaurī; the scene shifts from agitation to luminous stillness.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Kāma
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even intense disturbance is transcended through one-pointed meditation on the Divine (Gaurī), culminating in supreme bliss.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the precise tīrtha name is not stated in this single verse and is inferred from the surrounding chapter narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna/dāna/japa) is prescribed here; the emphasis is on dhyāna (meditation) upon the Goddess.