Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

ततश्च पार्थिवश्रेष्ठो वैराग्यं परमं गतः । एकाकी यतचित्तात्मा सर्वसत्त्वविराजिते

Transliteration

tataśca pārthivaśreṣṭho vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | ekākī yatacittātmā sarvasattvavirājite

Translation

Ensuite, le plus éminent des rois atteignit le détachement suprême; demeurant seul, l’esprit et le soi maîtrisés, il resta en un lieu resplendissant de tous les êtres vivants.

Word by Word

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• पार्थिव-श्रेष्ठः: the best king
• पार्थिव-श्रेष्ठः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (nom. sg.); कर्मधारयः (श्रेष्ठः पार्थिवः = best of kings)

• वैराग्यम्: dispassion
• वैराग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vairāgya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (acc. sg.)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (acc. sg.); विशेषणम् (वैराग्यस्य)

• गतः: attained / reached
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (nom. sg.); कर्तरि प्रयोगे (having attained)

• एकाकी: alone / solitary
• एकाकी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (nom. sg.); विशेषणम् (पार्थिवश्रेष्ठस्य)

• यत-चित्त-आत्मा: one whose mind is controlled
• यत-चित्त-आत्मा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yata (कृदन्त, √yam) + citta (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन (nom. sg.); बहुव्रीहिः (यतं चित्तं यस्य सः = whose mind is restrained)

• सर्व-सत्त्व-विराजिते: in/at (a place) adorned by all beings
• सर्व-सत्त्व-विराजिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattva (प्रातिपदिक) + virājita (कृदन्त, √rāj)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन (loc. sg.); तत्पुरुषः (सर्वैः सत्त्वैः विराजिते = adorned by all beings); पदान्ते—अपूर्णवाक्यांशः (context likely continues)

Speaker

Narrator (deduced: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary king-turned-renunciant sits in meditation in a luminous grove or riverside hermitage; animals and birds appear calm around him, suggesting a place ‘radiant with all beings’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after prosperity and charity, the highest fruition is vairāgya—inner freedom through restraint and solitude.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative atmosphere, but the exact site is not specified in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it recommends inner discipline (citta-saṃyama) and renunciation as the culminating practice.