Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 125

Devanagari script

निश्वसन्तं यथा नागं बाष्पव्याकुललोचनम् । समागच्छ मया सार्धं कैलासं पर्वतं प्रति

Transliteration

niśvasantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ bāṣpavyākulalocanam | samāgaccha mayā sārdhaṃ kailāsaṃ parvataṃ prati

Translation

Il soupire tel un nāga, les yeux troublés de larmes. Viens avec moi vers le mont Kailāsa.

Word by Word

• niśvasantam: breathing heavily
• niśvasantam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-√śvas (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; nāgam इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• yathā: like, as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle): like/as

• nāgam: elephant/serpent (here: elephant)
• nāgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• bāṣpa-vyākula-locanam: with eyes troubled by tears
• bāṣpa-vyākula-locanam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vyākula (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/बहुपद: बाष्पेण व्याकुलानि लोचनानि यस्य); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; nāgam इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• samāgaccha: come (with me)
• samāgaccha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mayā: with me / by me
• mayā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (adverb of accompaniment): together with

• kailāsam: Kailāsa
• kailāsam: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kailāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• parvatam: mountain
• parvatam: Karma (Goal-apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; kailāsam इति विशेष्यस्य अपपद/व्याख्या

• prati: towards
• prati: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition): towards

Speaker

Baka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sorrowing traveler ‘sighing like a serpent,’ eyes brimming with tears, is invited to journey with a companion toward the luminous, distant Kailāsa peak.

Characters & Entities

• Baka
• Kailāsa
• Indradyumna (implied: the one weeping)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grief is healed by turning the mind toward the sacred—journeying to holy realms associated with Śiva and higher wisdom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mount Kailāsa, the supreme sacred mountain of Śaiva tradition, is explicitly named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the prescription is pilgrimage—going to Kailāsa for guidance and spiritual resolution.