Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तत्रापश्यन्नगाधस्तात्तपस्विगणसेवितम् । शिवधर्मपरं शांतं जैमिनिं मुनिसत्तमम्

Transliteration

tatrāpaśyannagādhastāttapasvigaṇasevitam | śivadharmaparaṃ śāṃtaṃ jaiminiṃ munisattamam

Translation

ત્યાં, હે પ્રિય, તેણે મુનિશ્રેષ્ઠ જૈમિનીને જોયા—તપસ્વીગણથી સેવિત, શિવધર્મમાં પરાયણ અને પરમ શાંત।

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Deśādhikaraṇa (Locative adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there)

• apaśyat: he saw
• apaśyat: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (पश् धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार; परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन (contextual: ‘he saw’)

• agādha-stāt: very deeply/indeed
• agādha-stāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial intensifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agādha (अगाध) + stāt (स्तात् अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग; ‘अगाध’ (deep/very) + ‘स्तात्’ (emphatic particle, ‘indeed/very’); तीव्रतावाचक

• tapasvi-gaṇa-sevitam: attended by a group of ascetics
• tapasvi-gaṇa-sevitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of jaiminiṃ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tapasvin (तपस्विन्) + gaṇa (गण) + sevita (√sev, क्त)
• Form: समास: तपस्विगणसेवित (तत्पुरुष: ‘served/attended by a group of ascetics’); भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (जैमिनिम्)

• śiva-dharma-param: devoted to Śiva’s dharma
• śiva-dharma-param: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of jaiminiṃ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (शिव) + dharma (धर्म) + para (पर)
• Form: समास: शिवधर्मपर (तत्पुरुष: ‘devoted to Śiva-dharma’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (जैमिनिम्)

• śāntam: peaceful
• śāntam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of jaiminiṃ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (शान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (जैमिनिम्)

• jaiminiṃ: Jaimini
• jaiminiṃ: Karma (Object of apaśyat)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaimini (जैमिनि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन

• muni-sattamam: the best of sages
• muni-sattamam: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition to jaiminiṃ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि) + sattama (सत्तम)
• Form: समास: मुनिसत्तम (तत्पुरुष: ‘best among sages’); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-विशेषणवत् (appositional epithet of jaiminiṃ)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative continuation implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: priye (addressed as ‘O dear one’ in the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jaimini, calm and radiant with ascetic power, seated in a simple posture; around him clusters of tapasvins, the hermitage quiet and ordered.

Characters & Entities

• Jaimini
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True authority is serenity rooted in devotion to Śiva-dharma; the tīrtha becomes meaningful through the presence of realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights the ashram-lake setting where Jaimini resides; the exact tīrtha name is not given here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the focus is on darśana of a Śiva-dharma-parāyaṇa sage, a classic puranic means of accruing merit.