Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

सोऽपि तेनैव रूपेण तस्य संदर्शनं गतः । स्वप्नांऽते भूमिपालस्य तद्वच्चोक्त्वा दिवं गतः

Transliteration

so'pi tenaiva rūpeṇa tasya saṃdarśanaṃ gataḥ | svapnāṃ'te bhūmipālasya tadvaccoktvā divaṃ gataḥ

Translation

彼もまた夢の終わりに、まったく同じ姿で王の前に現れ、以前と同じ言葉を告げて、天界へと去って行った。

Word by Word

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• tena: by that/with that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• rūpeṇa: in that form
• rūpeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃdarśanam: appearance/vision
• saṃdarśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃdarśana (sam+√dṛś, ल्युट्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• gataḥ: went/arrived (came)
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (√gam, क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• svapna-ante: at the end of the dream
• svapna-ante: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svapna (प्रातिपदिक) + anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष

• bhūmi-pālasya: of the king
• bhūmi-pālasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक) + pāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• tadvat: likewise, in the same way
• tadvat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadvat (अव्यय)
• Form: तद्वत्-प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (in that manner/likewise)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले

• divam: to heaven
• divam: Gati-Karma (Goal object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• gataḥ: went
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Predicative action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (√gam, क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta-style narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A second dream-vision: the same radiant figure appears again in identical celestial form, repeats the blessing, then ascends upward as the vimāna recedes into the brightening sky.

Characters & Entities

• Māṁsāda
• Tridiva (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives stress certainty of dharma’s fruit: righteous rites yield repeatable, confirmable outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode continues to glorify Gayāśiras indirectly through the repeated heavenly ascent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None newly stated; it reinforces the efficacy of the previously performed śrāddha.