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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

विगाहितुं मनश्चक्रे तापार्तिं शमयन्निव । कृष्णं बभूव तन्नीरं हरकायाग्निवह्निना

Transliteration

vigāhituṃ manaścakre tāpārtiṃ śamayanniva | kṛṣṇaṃ babhūva tannīraṃ harakāyāgnivahninā

Translation

Il résolut de s’y plonger, comme pour apaiser l’ardeur brûlante qui le tourmentait. Par le feu de l’énergie corporelle de Hara, cette eau devint sombre.

Word by Word
विगाहितुम्to plunge into
विगाहितुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + √गाह् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) — ‘to plunge/enter’
मनःmind, intention
मनः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object of ‘made/formed’
चक्रेmade, formed
चक्रे:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘made/formed’
तापtorment
ताप:
Sambandha (Compound member/समाससम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootताप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद) — ‘heat, torment’
आर्तिम्distress
आर्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object of ‘pacifying’
तापार्तिम्distress from torment
तापार्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootताप + आर्ति (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/संबन्धार्थः) ‘तापस्य आर्तिः’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
शमयन्pacifying
शमयन्:
Sambandha (Concomitant action/सहक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√शम् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ) — पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘pacifying’ (agreeing with implied subject)
इवas if
इव:
Sambandha (Simile marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उपमा) — ‘as if’
कृष्णम्black, dark
कृष्णम्:
Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विशेष्यविशेषणभाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — predicate adjective with ‘बभूव’ for ‘नीरम्’
बभूवbecame
बभूव:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘became’
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — determiner of ‘नीरम्’ (‘that’)
नीरम्water
नीरम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject of ‘बभूव’
हरHara (Śiva)
हर:
Sambandha (Compound member/समाससम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद) — ‘Hara (Śiva)’
कायbody
काय:
Sambandha (Compound member/समाससम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकाय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (मध्यपद) — ‘body’
अग्निfire
अग्नि:
Sambandha (Compound member/समाससम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (मध्यपद) — ‘fire’
वह्निनाby the fire
वह्निना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrument ‘by/with fire’
हरकायाग्निवह्निनाby the fire of Hara’s body
हरकायाग्निवह्निना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहर + काय + अग्नि + वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/संबन्धार्थः) ‘हरस्य कायस्य अग्निः स एव वह्निः’; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental
Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yamunā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva steps into Yamunā; as his radiant inner fire meets the water, the river around him turns dark (kṛṣṇa), with steam-like aura and swirling eddies—an awe-filled transformation moment.

Characters & Entities
H
Hara (Śiva)
Y
Yamunā (implied)
A
Agni/inner heat (kāyāgni)

FAQs

Divine presence transforms nature itself; sacred geography is explained through līlā that reveals a tīrtha’s unique potency.

The episode is part of the origin narrative that establishes the later-famous Hara-tīrtha at this river location.

Entering the water (vigāha/snān) is implied as the key act around which the tīrtha’s power will be declared.

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