Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

लज्जितेन स्ववासार्थं महद्दुःखयुतेन च । सतीवियोगयुक्तेन भ्रूणत्वं प्रगतेन च

Transliteration

lajjitena svavāsārthaṃ mahadduḥkhayutena ca | satīviyogayuktena bhrūṇatvaṃ pragatena ca

Translation

Accablé de honte, cherchant un lieu où demeurer, chargé d’une grande douleur; tourmenté par la séparation d’avec Satī et entré dans l’état de fœtus…

Word by Word

• लज्जितेन: by/with (one who is) ashamed
• लज्जितेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लज्जित (कृदन्त; √लज्ज् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषणम् (past participle)

• स्ववासार्थम्: for the purpose of his own dwelling
• स्ववासार्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-वास-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य वासस्य अर्थः)

• महत्-दुःख-युतेन: with great sorrow
• महत्-दुःख-युतेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्-दुःख-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (महच्च तत् दुःखं तेन युक्तः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• सती-वियोग-युक्तेन: with separation from his wife
• सती-वियोग-युक्तेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सती-वियोग-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (सत्याः वियोगेन युक्तः)

• भ्रूणत्वम्: the state of being an embryo/fetus
• भ्रूणत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रूणत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्

• प्रगतेन: having gone/entered into
• प्रगतेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रगत (कृदन्त; √गम् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त-विशेषणम् (past participle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

Speaker

Aśarīriṇī vāk (bodiless divine voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhrūṇagarta (foreshadowed)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary figure overwhelmed by shame and grief, wandering to find shelter; the atmosphere is twilight-like, with a sense of inner collapse and liminal rebirth imagery (fetal motif) near a dark earthen pit.

Characters & Entities

• Satī
• Śiva (implied via context of Śaṅkara/Śūlin and bhrūṇarūpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even states of sorrow and apparent diminution in divine myths become foundations for sacred presence and tīrtha power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same locality where Śaṅkara is said to abide in bhrūṇarūpa—linked to the gartā/tīrtha origin in Camatkārapura-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse continues the etiological account explaining the site’s sanctity.