Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

तप्तकृच्छ्रपरो यस्तु सुप्ते देवे जनार्दने । कीर्तिं संप्राप्य वा पुत्रं विष्णुसायुज्यतां व्रजेत्

Transliteration

taptakṛcchraparo yastu supte deve janārdane | kīrtiṃ saṃprāpya vā putraṃ viṣṇusāyujyatāṃ vrajet

Translation

Lorsque Janārdana demeure dans le sommeil sacré, celui qui s’adonne à la discipline du Tapta-Kṛcchra obtient la renommée—ou un fils digne—et, finalement, atteint le sāyujya, l’union avec Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• तप्तकृच्छ्रपरः: devoted to the ‘taptakṛcchra’ penance
• तप्तकृच्छ्रपरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप्त-कृच्छ्र-पर (प्रातिपदिक; तप्तकृच्छ्र + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तप्तकृच्छ्रे परः = तत्परः)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सुप्ते: when (he) is asleep
• सुप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुप्त (कृदन्त; √स्वप्)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• देवे: in the Lord
• देवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• जनार्दने: in Janārdana
• जनार्दने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• कीर्तिम्: fame
• कीर्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संप्राप्य: having obtained
• संप्राप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• वा: or
• वा: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विष्णुसायुज्यताम्: union/identity with Viṣṇu (sāyujya)
• विष्णुसायुज्यताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु-सायुज्यता (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + सायुज्यता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः सायुज्यता)

• व्रजेत्: would attain/go to
• व्रजेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs ‘heated’ austerity (tapta-kṛcchra) symbolized by a controlled sacred fire nearby; two symbolic outcomes appear: a laurel of fame and a child blessing, while above all Viṣṇu’s radiant form draws the soul into union.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intense, disciplined penance offered to Viṣṇu yields both worldly blessings and the highest spiritual liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes liberation as Viṣṇu-sāyujya; it does not name an earthly pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake the Tapta-Kṛcchra penance during Janārdana’s śayana period.