Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

स्थितो वास्तुपदे रम्ये सर्वतीर्थमये शुभे । तस्य तपःप्रभावेन जातु कोपो न दृश्यते

Transliteration

sthito vāstupade ramye sarvatīrthamaye śubhe | tasya tapaḥprabhāvena jātu kopo na dṛśyate

Translation

Établi en ce lieu sacré, charmant et de bon augure, empli de l’essence de tous les tīrthas, par la puissance de son austérité, la colère n’apparaît jamais en lui.

Word by Word

• स्थितः: (he) stands/has remained
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/निष्ठा), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (to an implied subject)

• वास्तुपदे: in the Vāstu-place/site
• वास्तुपदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास्तुपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वास्तोः पदम्)

• रम्ये: pleasant, beautiful
• रम्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वास्तुपदे)

• सर्वतीर्थमये: consisting of all sacred fords
• सर्वतीर्थमये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (सर्वाणि तीर्थानि यस्मिन्/येन मयः)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वास्तुपदे)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of him/its)

• तपःप्रभावेन: by the power of (his) austerity
• तपःप्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तपसः प्रभावः)

• जातु: ever, at any time
• जातु: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-निपात (temporal particle)

• कोपः: anger
• कोपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृपद (of passive-like verb)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'is seen')

Speaker

Unspecified narrator voice (Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarvatīrthamaya Vāstupada (epithet)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic established on a radiant sacred platform (vāstupada), surrounded by symbolic rivers/tīrthas; his face serene, with no trace of anger; aura of calm pervades animals and people nearby.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tapas purifies the mind; the sign of inner attainment is the fading of krodha (anger), especially in a sanctified tīrtha setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises a ‘sarvatīrthamaya’ spot (a place embodying all tīrthas). The specific name is not present in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it emphasizes the spiritual fruit of sustained tapas in a holy place.