Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ततस्तृप्तिं चिरात्प्राप्य शुचिर्भूत्वा प्रहर्षितः । निष्कम्य सलिलाद्यावद्विमानमधिरोहति

Transliteration

tatastṛptiṃ cirātprāpya śucirbhūtvā praharṣitaḥ | niṣkamya salilādyāvadvimānamadhirohati

Translation

Puis, ayant enfin trouvé satisfaction, purifié et ravi, il sortit de l'eau et monta aussitôt sur un char céleste.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

• tṛptim: satisfaction
• tṛptim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• cirāt: after a long time
• cirāt: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन निपातवत्; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण: 'after a long time'

• prāpya: having attained
• prāpya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having obtained'

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Visheshya-Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st), एकवचन

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having become'

• praharṣitaḥ: delighted
• praharṣitaḥ: Visheshya-Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praharṣita (प्रातिपदिक; √hṛṣ से क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• niṣkamya: having emerged
• niṣkamya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis-√kam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having gone out/come forth'

• salilāt: from the water
• salilāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• yāvat: up to; as far as
• yāvat: Kriya-vishesana (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधिबोधक) — 'up to/as far as'

• vimānam: the aerial car
• vimānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• adhirohati: mounts; ascends
• adhirohati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi-√ruh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāghava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the sacred water, the now-purified being emerges radiant and joyful, and a celestial vimāna appears; he mounts it instantly as Gandharva music fills the air.

Characters & Entities

• vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a sacred tīrtha and the ripening of merit can bring purification and elevated destiny, symbolized by ascent to a vimāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred water-body (salila/taḍāga) is central; the precise tīrtha name is not provided in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-snāna (bathing in sacred water) leading to śuddhi (purity).