Shloka 4 - Adhyaya 85 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | English | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

सा प्रोक्ता हरिणा तिष्ठ किञ्चित्कालांतरे शुभे । अनेनैव तु रूपेण यावत्स्याद्द्वापरक्षयः

Transliteration

sā proktā hariṇā tiṣṭha kiñcitkālāṃtare śubhe | anenaiva tu rūpeṇa yāvatsyāddvāparakṣayaḥ

Translation

Then Hari told her: ‘Remain so for a certain auspicious interval, in this very form, until the end of the Dvāpara age arrives.’

Word by Word

साshe

प्रोक्ताwas addressed/told

हरिणाby Hari

तिष्ठstay/stand

किञ्चित्some/a little

कालान्तरेin an interval of time

शुभेauspicious

अनेनwith this

एवonly/indeed

तुbut/and

रूपेणin the form

यावत्until/as long as

स्यात्may be/should be

द्वापरक्षयःthe end of Dvāpara (yuga)

Speaker

Sūta (narrating Hari’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari addresses Kamalā, instructing her to remain in the elephant-faced form for an auspicious interval until the close of Dvāpara-yuga.

Characters & Entities

Hari (Viṣṇu)

Dvāpara-yuga

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order governs even painful transformations; endurance and obedience to dharma align one with eventual restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the focus is on Hari’s instruction and yuga-timing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here.