Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

दृष्ट्वा ता नृत्यमानाश्च गायमानास्तथैव च । उत्कूर्दतीर्धरापृष्ठे संतोषं परमं गताः

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā tā nṛtyamānāśca gāyamānāstathaiva ca | utkūrdatīrdharāpṛṣṭhe saṃtoṣaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ

Translation

Les voyant danser et chanter de même, bondissant sur la surface de la terre, ils atteignirent la suprême satisfaction du cœur.

Word by Word

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (absolutive)

• tāḥ: them
• tāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (Feminine accusative plural)

• nṛtyamānāḥ: dancing
• nṛtyamānāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √nṛt (नृत् धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: nṛtyamāna)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present middle participle/ātmanepada); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; 'tāḥ' इत्यस्य विशेषण (Feminine accusative plural)

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

• gāyamānāḥ: singing
• gāyamānāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gai (गै धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: gāyamāna)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present middle participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; 'tāḥ' इत्यस्य विशेषण (Feminine accusative plural)

• tathā: thus, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

• utkūrdatīḥ: leaping, jumping up
• utkūrdatīḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud-√kṛd (कृद् धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: utkūrdatī)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; 'tāḥ' इत्यस्य विशेषण (Feminine accusative plural)

• dharā-pṛṣṭhe: on the surface of the earth
• dharā-pṛṣṭhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक) + pṛṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dharāyāḥ pṛṣṭhe) (Locative singular)

• saṃtoṣam: contentment, satisfaction
• saṃtoṣam: Karma (Object attained/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtoṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• paramam: supreme, great
• paramam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (Accusative singular qualifying saṃtoṣam)

• gatāḥ: attained, reached
• gatāḥ: Kriyā (Main predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक: gata)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) बहुवचन; परिप्रयोगे लट्-अर्थे (periphrastic perfective sense); पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा (1) बहुवचन (Nominative plural; 'they attained')

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Mahākṣetra (kīrtana-bhūmi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of devotees/attendants dance and sing exuberantly, leaping on the earth’s surface; the sacred ground itself seems to pulse with joy, culminating in ‘highest contentment’.

Characters & Entities

• Mātaraḥ (Divine Mothers) (implied)
• Sāvitrī (contextually nearby)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacred fulfillment expresses itself as spontaneous joy—devotion ripening into celebration and deep contentment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it describes the auspicious aftermath and joy associated with successful worship at the kṣetra.