Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अथ कैलासमासाद्य यावद्यांति भवांतिकम् । निषिद्धा नंदिना तावन्न गंतव्यमतः परम्

Transliteration

atha kailāsamāsādya yāvadyāṃti bhavāṃtikam | niṣiddhā naṃdinā tāvanna gaṃtavyamataḥ param

Translation

Entonces, al llegar al Kailāsa y avanzar hasta las cercanías de Bhava (Śiva), Nandin los detuvo: «No debéis pasar más allá de este lugar»។

Word by Word

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

• कैलासम्: Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Goal/object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु) → आसाद्य (कृदन्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल (having reached)

• यावत्: as far as
• यावत्: Adhikarana (Limit/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि (as far as/upto)

• यान्ति: they go
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• भव-अन्तिकम्: to Bhava’s vicinity
• भव-अन्तिकम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक; शिव) + अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (to the vicinity of Bhava)

• निषिद्धाः: were forbidden
• निषिद्धाः: Karta (Subject in passive sense/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + सिध्/सिध् (धातु) → निषिद्ध (कृदन्त/भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; (देवाः इति अध्याहार्य)

• नन्दिना: by Nandin
• नन्दिना: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• तावत्: up to that point
• तावत्: Adhikarana (Limit/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/अवधि (so far/that much)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• गन्तव्यम्: to be gone/should be gone
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गन्तव्य (कृदन्त/तव्यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्; gerundive/obligatory); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेय (it is to be gone)

• अतः: therefore/from here
• अतः: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/तस्मात्-अर्थ (therefore/from here)

• परम्: further/beyond
• परम्: Adhikarana (Limit/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषण (further/beyond)

Speaker

Narrator (with Nandin’s injunction embedded)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (Bhava-antika threshold)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the approach to Śiva’s vicinity on Kailāsa, Nandin stands as a powerful guardian, halting the devas at a sacred boundary; the devas pause in reverent restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Kailāsa
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Nandin
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred spaces have boundaries; reverence includes restraint and honoring divine privacy and protocol.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa, especially the sanctified inner precinct near Śiva (Bhava).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse implies dharmic decorum—approach with permission and humility.