Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे शंभुर्गिरिजाश्रममभ्यगात् । सर्वभूत गणैर्युक्तो विमाने सार्वकामिके

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare śaṃbhurgirijāśramamabhyagāt | sarvabhūta gaṇairyukto vimāne sārvakāmike

Translation

À cet instant, Śambhu (Śiva) parvint à l’ermitage de Girijā, escorté de multitudes d’êtres, sur le vimāna céleste qui exauce tous les vœux.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अन्तरे: in the interval, meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• गिरिजा: of Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजा: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-सम्बन्ध)

• आश्रमम्: hermitage
• आश्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अभ्यगात्: went to, approached
• अभ्यगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सर्वभूत: all beings
• सर्वभूत: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास (कर्मधारय): सर्व + भूत; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) बहुवचन? (गणैः इति सह सम्बन्धे विशेषणरूपेण), अव्यक्त-प्रयोग; विशेषण

• गणैः: with groups, with attendants
• गणैः: Karana (Instrument/Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• युक्तः: joined, accompanied
• युक्तः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• विमाने: in a celestial chariot
• विमाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• सार्वकामिके: granting all desires
• सार्वकामिके: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सार्वकामिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (विमाने)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Girijāśrama

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest hermitage with Pārvatī’s presence implied; Śambhu descends in a radiant vimāna, surrounded by gaṇas of varied forms; sages and beings look up in awe.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Gaṇas
• Vimāna (Sārvakāmika)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred space of the āśrama becomes a meeting-point of the divine and the devotee, showing how holiness draws the presence of great beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse points to Girijā’s āśrama as the immediate sacred setting; the precise tīrtha name is not stated in the excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates Śiva’s arrival.