Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वमपि तत्रैव तूर्णमेव मया सह । ममाश्रमपदे स्थित्वा पश्य देवं पितामहम्

Transliteration

tasmāttvamapi tatraiva tūrṇameva mayā saha | mamāśramapade sthitvā paśya devaṃ pitāmaham

Translation

C’est pourquoi, toi aussi, viens là-bas sans tarder avec moi. Demeurant au lieu de mon āśrama, contemple le divin Pitāmaha (Brahmā).

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: also/even)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तूर्णम्: quickly
• तूर्णम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तूर्णम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: quickly)

• एव: certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• मया: with me (instr.)
• मया: Sahakari/Karana (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-निपात/उपसर्गसदृश (with)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• आश्रमपदे: at (my) hermitage-place
• आश्रमपदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आश्रमस्य पदे = at the hermitage-place)

• स्थित्वा: having stayed
• स्थित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having stayed)

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• पितामहम्: (who is) Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामहम्: Karman (Apposition to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from nearby verses in the same adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pitāmaha (Brahmā) darśana-sthāna near the āśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The guide invites Rāma to hurry with him, indicating the hermitage as a resting/purification point before viewing Brahmā in a nearby shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Mārkaṇḍeya (implied by ‘my hermitage’)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prompt, faithful movement toward a sacred place and saintly guidance leads to divine darśana and uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha connected to Mārkaṇḍeya’s āśrama, where Brahmā’s darśana is promised (named more explicitly later in the passage).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To go quickly to the sacred spot and stay at the āśrama-site for darśana; no dāna/japa is specified in this verse.