Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अहमप्येव तत्रैव प्रस्थितस्तस्य दर्शनात् । प्रस्थितश्च त्वया युको देवकार्येण केनचित्

Transliteration

ahamapyeva tatraiva prasthitastasya darśanāt | prasthitaśca tvayā yuko devakāryeṇa kenacit

Translation

Auch ich bin zu eben jenem Ort aufgebrochen, um Ihn zu schauen; und ich bin ebenso mit dir aufgebrochen, da ich in irgendeiner Angelegenheit der Götter tätig war.

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• एव: just/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• प्रस्थितः: having departed / set out
• प्रस्थितः: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) → प्रस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण/विधेय (having set out)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दर्शनात्: from/owing to (the) seeing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• प्रस्थितः: having set out
• प्रस्थितः: Karta (Predicate participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु) → प्रस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• त्वया: by you/with you
• त्वया: Sahakari/Karana (Agent/Instrument/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• युक्तः: joined/engaged
• युक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (connected/engaged)

• देव-कार्येण: by a divine task
• देव-कार्येण: Karana/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (देवानां कार्यम्)

• केनचित्: by some (reason/thing)
• केनचित्: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite: by some)

Speaker

Narrative voice within the episode (context indicates one companion explaining his departure and purpose)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (destination implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Companion addressed in second person (contextually Garuḍa and/or a brāhmaṇa figure)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-sage declares he has already set out for darśana, accompanying another due to a divine errand; the road to the watery shrine is implied.

Characters & Entities

• Devas (gods)
• Viṣṇu (implied by 'tasya darśana')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine service (deva-kārya) and devotion (darśana-icchā) can harmonize; sacred travel is both duty and worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha where the Lord is to be beheld; the exact toponym is established in the adjoining verses of Adhyāya 80.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on setting out (prasthāna) for darśana and fulfilling deva-kārya.