Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

समाधिं तत्र संधाय निविष्टो धरणीतले । संभ्रमं परमं गत्वा विश्वामित्रस्य चोपरि

Transliteration

samādhiṃ tatra saṃdhāya niviṣṭo dharaṇītale | saṃbhramaṃ paramaṃ gatvā viśvāmitrasya copari

Translation

Là, il entra en samādhi, assis sur le sol ; et il s’éleva à une intensité spirituelle suprême, au-delà même (de la portée) de Viśvāmitra.

Word by Word

• समाधिम्: meditative absorption
• समाधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संधाय: having established
• संधाय: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having fixed/entered into)

• निविष्टः: sat/was seated
• निविष्टः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (having sat/settled)

• धरणीतले: on the ground
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी-तल (प्रातिपदिक; धरणी + तल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धरण्याः तलम्)

• संभ्रमम्: agitation/commotion
• संभ्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संभ्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• परमम्: great/uttermost
• परमम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘संभ्रमम्’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• गत्वा: having reached
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having gone/attained)

• विश्वामित्रस्य: of Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction ‘and’)

• उपरि: above/upon
• उपरि: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition/adverb ‘above/upon’)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Plakṣa/Sarasvatī-avataraṇa-sthāna (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha sits on bare earth in deep samādhi beneath/near the plakṣa tree; a radiant aura rises, signifying a spiritual intensity surpassing Viśvāmitra’s reach.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Vasiṣṭha
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Deep samādhi and tapas are shown as the dharmic counterforce to destructive anger and curse.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred spot near the Sarasvatī’s descent point is implied as the locus where samādhi empowers tīrtha restoration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Meditative absorption (samādhi) is the spiritual discipline described, serving as preparation for mantra-action.