Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

गणैः सह विचिन्वानो विविधान्वनभूरुहान् । एवं प्रक्रीडितस्तस्य दिवसाः पंच जज्ञिरे

Transliteration

gaṇaiḥ saha vicinvāno vividhānvanabhūruhān | evaṃ prakrīḍitastasya divasāḥ paṃca jajñire

Translation

Accompagné de ses gaṇas, il errait en observant les multiples espèces d’arbres et de plantes de la forêt. Ainsi, tandis qu’il se divertissait de la sorte, cinq jours s’écoulèrent.

Word by Word

• गणैः: with the attendants (gaṇas)
• गणैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहकारार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like: with)

• विचिन्वानः: searching, gathering
• विचिन्वानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चि (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वनभूरुहान्: forest trees
• वनभूरुहान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक) + भूरुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वने भूरुहाः)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• प्रक्रीडितः: having played
• प्रक्रीडितः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रीड् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (having played)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दिवसाः: days
• दिवसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या/अव्यय)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (indeclinable numeral)

• जज्ञिरे: came to be, passed
• जज्ञिरे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgara-khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kumāra moves through a forest with his gaṇas, pausing to look at varied trees, creepers, and blossoms; the passage of five days is suggested by changing light or repeated vignettes.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine play (līlā) unfolds within sacred landscapes, teaching that time spent in holy environs ripens events toward dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Tīrthamāhātmya setting leading from the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) toward the region of Tāmravatī is being framed; this verse sets the scene rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is descriptive narration.