Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततस्तद्दर्शनार्थाय स उपायं व्यलो कयत् । धूमद्वारेण कामार्तश्चकार च ततः परम्

Transliteration

tatastaddarśanārthāya sa upāyaṃ vyalo kayat | dhūmadvāreṇa kāmārtaścakāra ca tataḥ param

Translation

Dann, um sie doch zu erblicken, ersann er ein Mittel; von Begierde gequält, ging er weiter und nahm den Rauch als Vorwand und Werkzeug.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/काल-देश-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'then/from there'

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दर्शनार्थाय: for the purpose of seeing
• दर्शनार्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक दत्तिविभक्ति

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उपायम्: a means; a plan
• उपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• व्यलोकयत्: he looked for; he observed
• व्यलोकयत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लोक् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• धूमद्वारेण: by/through the smoke-door (smoke outlet)
• धूमद्वारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूम (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणविभक्ति

• कामार्तः: afflicted by desire
• कामार्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्मधारय-भावार्थे तत्पुरुष)

• चकार: he did; he made
• चकार: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• परम्: afterwards; further
• परम्: Adhikarana (Context/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'afterwards/further'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A sage/interlocutor in tīrtha-māhātmya frame (not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A desire-tormented figure devises a pretext to gain sight of a revered woman; the setting hints at a ritual enclosure where a smoky ruse will be enacted.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūma (smoke)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When desire dominates, the mind invents ‘means’ to justify wrongdoing; dharma requires seeing through such rationalizations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this excerpt; the setting remains within a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Indirectly connected to fire-ritual context; the verse mentions using smoke (dhūma) as the operative means.