Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

सोहमाराधनार्थाय त्वस्मिन्स्थान उपागतः । अद्य संवत्सरो जातः कर्मण्यस्मिन्रतस्य च

Transliteration

sohamārādhanārthāya tvasminsthāna upāgataḥ | adya saṃvatsaro jātaḥ karmaṇyasminratasya ca

Translation

“I have come to this place for the sake of worship and propitiation. Today a full year has passed while I have been devoted to this very observance.”

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ārādhana-arthāya: for worship (purpose)
• ārādhana-arthāya: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārādhana (प्रातिपदिक; √rādh राध्) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष/प्रयोजन): ‘ārādhanasya arthāya’; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; प्रयोजन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (contrast/emphasis particle)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• sthāne: place
• sthāne: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• upāgataḥ: arrived
• upāgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upāgata (कृदन्त; √gam गम् with upa-ā-)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) used as finite sense; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having come/arrived’

• adya: today/now
• adya: Desha-Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• saṃvatsaraḥ: a year
• saṃvatsaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃvatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• jātaḥ: has elapsed/has occurred
• jātaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त; √jan जन्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) used predicatively; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘has become/has passed’

• karmaṇi: in the act/rite
• karmaṇi: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; karmaṇi-विशेषण

• ratasya: of one devoted
• ratasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rata (कृदन्त; √ram रम्)
• Form: क्त (PPP/adj) ‘rata’ = devoted/engaged; पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of (one) engaged’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Viṣṇusena (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The questioning brāhmaṇa/pilgrim

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, still in humble mode, gestures toward the sacred spot, declaring he came for ārādhana and has completed a year of observance; visual emphasis on calendar/time—sun/moon cycle motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇusena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained devotion—measured in time and discipline—forms the foundation for receiving grace at a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter context points to Nāgahrada within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A year-long religious observance (karma/vrata) undertaken as ārādhana; details culminate in śrāddha in later verses.