Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

तत्रापश्यन्नगाधस्तात्तपस्विगणसेवितम् । शिवधर्मपरं शांतं जैमिनिं मुनिसत्तमम्

Transliteration

tatrāpaśyannagādhastāttapasvigaṇasevitam | śivadharmaparaṃ śāṃtaṃ jaiminiṃ munisattamam

Translation

Di sana, wahai kekasih, ia melihat Jaimini, yang terbaik di antara para muni—hening dan damai, teguh dalam dharma Śiva, serta dilayani oleh rombongan para tapasvin.

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.