Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्ततश्चादर्शनं गतः । चंडशर्मापि तं हृष्टः पूजयामास तत्त्वतः

Transliteration

evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ | caṃḍaśarmāpi taṃ hṛṣṭaḥ pūjayāmāsa tattvataḥ

Translation

かく語り終えると、福徳具足の主はそのまま姿を消された。チャンダシャルマンもまた歓喜に満ち、真の作法と正しい理解に従って、その（リンガ）を供養した。

Word by Word

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

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/त्वा), ‘having said’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ततः = ‘then/from there’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• अदर्शनम्: invisibility; disappearance
• अदर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• गतः: went; departed
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (he went)

• चण्डशर्मा: Caṇḍaśarmā
• चण्डशर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चण्डशर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘also’)

• तम्: him/it
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP) ‘हृष्ट’ = delighted; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम् (चण्डशर्मा)

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोगः (आमास-आगम)

• तत्त्वतः: truly; properly
• तत्त्वतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (तत्त्वतः) = ‘in truth; properly’

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta in the Nāgara-khaṇḍa frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgareśvara (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous divine figure fades into subtle light, leaving the devotee Caṇḍaśarman in ecstatic joy, immediately beginning meticulous liṅga-pūjā with offerings arranged in order.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān (Śiva)
• Caṇḍaśarman
• Śiva-liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After divine guidance, the devotee’s responsibility is disciplined practice—worship performed rightly and sincerely.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The scene continues at the Nāgareśvara-liṅga location, highlighting it as a place of divine encounter and ongoing worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā performed tattvataḥ—properly, in line with correct principles and devotion.