Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अथ तौ पक्षिविप्रेन्द्रौ स च ब्रह्मसुतो मुनिः । प्राप्ताः सर्वे स्थितो यत्र जलशायी जनार्दनः

Transliteration

atha tau pakṣiviprendrau sa ca brahmasuto muniḥ | prāptāḥ sarve sthito yatra jalaśāyī janārdanaḥ

Translation

Then those two—lordly among the bird and the brāhmaṇa—and that sage, the son of Brahmā, all arrived at the place where Janārdana lay reposing upon the waters.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• पक्षि-विप्र-इन्द्रौ: the foremost (one) among the bird and the brahmin (i.e., Garuḍa and the best brahmin)
• पक्षि-विप्र-इन्द्रौ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (पक्षिणां/विप्राणां इन्द्रौ = best among bird and brahmin)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

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

• ब्रह्म-सुतः: Brahmā's son
• ब्रह्म-सुतः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः सुतः)

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्ताः: arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय (having arrived)

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्थितः: was present/situated
• स्थितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (was situated)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• जल-शायी: the one who lies in water
• जल-शायी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + शय् (धातु) → शायी (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जले शयते इति)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Vishnu)
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya account

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jalaśāyī Janārdana-sannidhi at Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience within the Purāṇic dialogue frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa and a venerable brāhmaṇa, along with Nārada (Brahmā’s son), arrive at a water-side shrine where Janārdana reclines upon the waters; a sense of awe at the threshold.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Nārada
• Brahmā
• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Jalaśāyī (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are revealed through the company of the great; approaching the Lord at a tīrtha is itself a sanctifying arrival (prāpti).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A water-associated tīrtha where Janārdana is revered as jalaśāyī; the precise identification is given by the broader Adhyāya 80 context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the act highlighted is reaching the sacred locale for darśana.