Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अथापरे स्थिते तत्र महावर्ते निशापतिः । सञ्जातः स वृषांकेन संगृहीतश्च तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

athāpare sthite tatra mahāvarte niśāpatiḥ | sañjātaḥ sa vṛṣāṃkena saṃgṛhītaśca tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

Puis, lorsqu’un autre grand tourbillon se forma en ce lieu, le Seigneur de la Nuit (la Lune) apparut ; et aussitôt il fut recueilli par Vṛṣāṅka (Śiva).

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

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

• sthite: when (it) was present
• sthite: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when it was present/occurred)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• mahāvarte: in the great whirlpool
• mahāvarte: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + āvarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय

• niśāpatiḥ: the moon
• niśāpatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśā (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lord of night)

• sañjātaḥ: arose
• sañjātaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-jan (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'arose/was produced'

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

• vṛṣāṃkena: by the bull-emblemed one (Śiva)
• vṛṣāṃkena: Karana (Agent-in-passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (vṛṣa as mark + aṅka: 'having the bull as emblem', i.e., Śiva)

• saṃgṛhītaḥ: was taken/held
• saṃgṛhītaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-grah (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि

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

• tat-kṣaṇāt: immediately; from that moment
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apadana (Ablative/time-source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष; अवधी/काल-अपादान (from that very moment)

Speaker

Unknown (deduced: Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Soma/Chandra (as sacred principle)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast whirlpool stills into a luminous rise: the Moon emerges, cool and bright; Śiva (Vṛṣāṅka) instantly takes him, placing the crescent upon his matted locks, with Nandin nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Niśāpati (Candra)
• Vṛṣāṅka (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic powers find their proper refuge in the divine—here, the Moon finds shelter with Śiva, signaling protection and sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.