Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

आवर्ते चापरे जाते निष्क्रांतः कौस्तुभो मणिः । स गृहीतो महाराज विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना

Transliteration

āvarte cāpare jāte niṣkrāṃtaḥ kaustubho maṇiḥ | sa gṛhīto mahārāja viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

Translation

Lorsqu’un autre tourbillon se forma, le joyau Kaustubha apparut ; et ce joyau, ô grand roi, fut pris par Viṣṇu, le Seigneur à la puissance souveraine.

Word by Word

• āvarte: in the whirlpool/churning
• āvarte: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āvarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

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

• apare: in another
• apare: Adhikarana (Locative-qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; 'other/another' (locative agreeing with āvarte)

• jāte: when (it) had arisen
• jāte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute: when it occurred)

• niṣkrāntaḥ: having emerged
• niṣkrāntaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nis-kram (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kaustubhaḥ: Kaustubha
• kaustubhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaustubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• maṇiḥ: jewel
• maṇiḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; apposition to kaustubhaḥ

• saḥ: he/it
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• gṛhītaḥ: was taken
• gṛhītaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि—'was taken'

• mahārāja: O great king
• mahārāja: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय

• viṣṇunā: by Viṣṇu
• viṣṇunā: Karana (Agent-in-passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• prabhaviṣṇunā: by the mighty/powerful Viṣṇu
• prabhaviṣṇunā: Karana (Agent-qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabha-viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय; विशेषणम् viṣṇunā

Speaker

Unknown (deduced: Purāṇic narrator addressing a king/listener: 'mahārāja')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaustubha (ratna)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (great king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A new whirlpool opens; the Kaustubha jewel rises blazing; Viṣṇu, supremely mighty, calmly receives it and places it upon his chest, ocean light reflecting off the gem.

Characters & Entities

• Kaustubha
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest splendors of creation ultimately belong to and are borne by the Supreme; divine order assigns sacred treasures to their rightful holder.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No distinct tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as mythic context within a broader tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.