Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

हावैर्भावैः समोपेतं हास्यैरन्यैस्तदात्मिकैः । यावद्वर्षसहस्रांतं दिव्यं चैव निमेषवत्

Transliteration

hāvairbhāvaiḥ samopetaṃ hāsyairanyaistadātmikaiḥ | yāvadvarṣasahasrāṃtaṃ divyaṃ caiva nimeṣavat

Translation

Accompanied by playful gestures and tender moods, with laughter and other such expressions, that divine time—lasting until the end of a thousand years—passed as though it were but a moment.

Word by Word

• hāvaiḥ: with amorous gestures
• hāvaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• bhāvaiḥ: with emotions/expressions
• bhāvaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• samopetam: endowed/attended with
• samopetam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + upa + ita (प्रातिपदिक; √i/√et?)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘सम्-उप-इ’ → समुपेत; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्म/वस्तु)

• hāsyaiḥ: with laughter/smiles
• hāsyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• anyaiḥ: other
• anyaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (तदात्मिकैः)

• tadātmikaiḥ: of that nature/consisting of those
• tadātmikaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + ātmika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तदात्मिका = तद्रूपा/तद्गुणयुक्ताः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• yāvat: up to
• yāvat: Adhikarana (Limit/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक-अव्यय (up to/as long as)

• varṣa: year
• varṣa: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (in compound)

• sahasra: thousand
• sahasra: Sambandha (Compound member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (in compound)

• antam: ending at (i.e., lasting)
• antam: Karman (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: वर्ष-सहस्र-अन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

• divyam: divine
• divyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (काल/अवधि)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphasis)

• nimeṣa-vat: like a blink (as if in an instant)
• nimeṣa-vat: Visheshana (Simile/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nimeṣa + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास/तद्धितान्त (वत् = possessing/like); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपमानवाचक-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (implied)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva and Pārvatī in playful, affectionate exchange—gestures, smiles, laughter—while a subtle cosmic motif shows a thousand-year span flowing like a blink, suggesting transcendence of time.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine time and human time differ; in the presence of the sacred, vast spans can appear effortless and momentary.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is praised in this verse; it continues the Kailāsa-centered narrative mood.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.