Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

ततः शक्रः सुरैः सार्धं गत्वा तस्य तदाश्रमम् । प्राचीसरस्वतीतीरे पुष्करे द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

tataḥ śakraḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ gatvā tasya tadāśramam | prācīsarasvatītīre puṣkare dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

Daraufhin ging Śakra (Indra), von den Göttern begleitet, zu seinem Āśrama — am Ostufer der Sarasvatī, in Puṣkara, o Bester der Brahmanen.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• शक्रः: Shakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सुरैः: with the gods
• सुरैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (with/together)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive), ‘having gone’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; आश्रमम् इति विशेषण

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राचीसरस्वतीतीरे: on the bank of the eastern Sarasvati
• प्राचीसरस्वतीतीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राची-सरस्वती-तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—प्राच्याः सरस्वत्याः तीरम् (on the bank of the eastern Sarasvatī)

• पुष्करे: at Pushkara
• पुष्करे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• द्विजसत्तमाः: the best brahmins
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—द्विजानां सत्तमाः (best of the twice-born)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara (Prācī Sarasvatī-tīra)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, with the gods, journeys to Dadhīci’s hermitage situated at Puṣkara on the bank of the eastern Sarasvatī.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Suras (gods)
• Dadhīci
• Prācī Sarasvatī
• Puṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The gods themselves honor and approach a tapasvin at a tīrtha, showing that spiritual power rooted in sacred places commands universal reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara, specifically the bank of the Prācī Sarasvatī (eastern Sarasvatī).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it narrates a pilgrimage-like approach to an āśrama at a tīrtha.