Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

शक्रोऽपि भयसंत्रस्तो गत्वा सागरमध्यगम् । पर्वतं सुदुरारोहं तुंगशृंगं समाश्रितः

Transliteration

śakro'pi bhayasaṃtrasto gatvā sāgaramadhyagam | parvataṃ sudurārohaṃ tuṃgaśṛṃgaṃ samāśritaḥ

Translation

Selbst Śakra (Indra), von Furcht erschüttert, begab sich zu einem Berg mitten im Ozean und suchte Zuflucht auf seinem hochragenden, schwer zu erklimmenden Gipfel.

Word by Word

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

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• भय-संत्रस्तः: terrified by fear
• भय-संत्रस्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक) + संत्रस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √त्रस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भयेन संत्रस्तः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having gone’

• सागर-मध्य-गम्: (to) one who is in the middle of the ocean / ocean-midst-going
• सागर-मध्य-गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √गम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सागरस्य मध्ये गच्छति/गतः इति (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास)

• पर्वतम्: a mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सु-दुरारोहम्: very hard to climb
• सु-दुरारोहम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुरारोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘अत्यन्तं दुरारोहः’ (विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव)

• तुंग-शृंगम्: with lofty peak
• तुंग-शृंगम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुंग (प्रातिपदिक) + शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तुंगं शृंगं यस्य (कर्मधारय)

• सम्-आश्रितः: took refuge in / resorted to
• सम्-आश्रितः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + आ+√श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘समाश्रितः’ = having taken refuge/resorted to

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, still trembling, travels over the ocean to an isolated mountain; he clings to a steep, cloud-wreathed summit above waves.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Sāgara (ocean)
• Parvata (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power does not remove inner fear; refuge and purification become necessary even for the king of gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sets a sacred-geography scene—an ocean-situated mountain—within the Tīrthamāhātmya, preparing for the tīrtha context of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork for later tīrtha-related acts.