Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अथ क्रमात्समायातो हरहर्म्यं स सन्मुनिः । यत्र चित्रांगदोपेता सा संतिष्ठति कन्यका

Transliteration

atha kramātsamāyāto haraharmyaṃ sa sanmuniḥ | yatra citrāṃgadopetā sā saṃtiṣṭhati kanyakā

Translation

Luego, con el paso del tiempo, aquel santo sabio llegó a la mansión de Hara, donde la doncella permanecía de pie, adornada con brillantes ornamentos en sus miembros.

Word by Word

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

• क्रमात्: gradually / in course
• क्रमात्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th case), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (ablative of manner: ‘in due course/gradually’)

• समायातः: arrived
• समायातः: Karta (Subject predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकालिक कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having come/arrived’

• हरहर्म्यम्: Hara’s mansion (temple/palace)
• हरहर्म्यम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक) + हर्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (हरस्य हर्म्यम् = Hara’s mansion/temple)

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

• सत्-मुनिः: the holy sage
• सत्-मुनिः: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सन् मुनिः = good/holy sage)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• चित्राङ्गदोपेता: adorned with splendid armlets
• चित्राङ्गदोपेता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेता (√इ/ए ‘to go’ + क्त, with उप- उपसर्ग; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (चित्र-अङ्गद-उपेता = adorned with variegated armlets)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• संतिष्ठति: stands / remains
• संतिष्ठति: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कन्यका: a maiden
• कन्यका: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता-विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्यका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (describing Jābāli’s arrival)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Haraharmya (as named locus in the verse)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śiva-temple-like mansion rises beyond the forest edge; at its threshold stands a richly adorned maiden with bright ornaments on arms and limbs; the arriving sage pauses, awed.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Jābāli
• kanyakā (maiden)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred journey culminates in encountering Śiva’s sphere—suggesting that divine refuge resolves human distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to a Śaiva sacred locus described as “Hara’s mansion”; the exact geographic tīrtha name is not given in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it marks arrival at a Śaiva sacred space.