Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा ततस्तौ तु प्रस्थितौ मुनिपार्थिवौ । व्योममार्गेण संतुष्टौ बकं प्रति हिमाचले

Transliteration

evamuktvā tatastau tu prasthitau munipārthivau | vyomamārgeṇa saṃtuṣṭau bakaṃ prati himācale

Translation

Ayant parlé ainsi, le sage et le roi se mirent en route. Pleins de contentement, ils suivirent la voie du ciel vers Baka, dans la contrée de l’Himālaya.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); ‘having said’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरं (then/thereupon)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• तु: indeed, but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोध (but/indeed)

• प्रस्थितौ: having set out
• प्रस्थितौ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, द्विवचन; ‘departed/started’

• मुनि-पार्थिवौ: the sage and the king (the two)
• मुनि-पार्थिवौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + pārthiva (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (मुनिश्च पार्थिवश्च)

• व्योम-मार्गेण: by the sky-path, through the air
• व्योम-मार्गेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyoman + mārga (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (व्योम्नः मार्गः)

• संतुष्टौ: pleased, content
• संतुष्टौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + tuṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, द्विवचन; विशेषण (तौ)

• बकम्: Baka
• बकम्: Karma (Goal-object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: baka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Dik/Prayojana (Direction/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृश-निपात (towards)

• हिमाचले: on/at Himālaya
• हिमाचले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himācala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (narrative voice; surrounding context includes Sūta narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Baka (Himācala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage and a king travel through the sky toward a Himalayan hermitage named Baka; snowy peaks and cloud-paths frame their purposeful movement.

Characters & Entities

• Baka
• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic resolve is followed by purposeful movement—seekers travel to the right teacher/place to remove doubt.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Himālaya sacred landscape is evoked; no named tirtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the pilgrimage-like movement toward a holy person.