Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तपः करि ष्यामि स्थित्वा चैव सुदुष्करम् । येनाहं तत्प्रभावेन तं पश्यामि सुरेश्वरम्

Transliteration

tasmāttapaḥ kari ṣyāmi sthitvā caiva suduṣkaram | yenāhaṃ tatprabhāvena taṃ paśyāmi sureśvaram

Translation

「ゆえに私はタパス（苦行）を修し、きわめて困難な戒行に堅く立って、その苦行の力により神々の主を拝見しよう。」

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (therefore/from that reason)

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• करिष्यामि: I shall do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्थित्वा: having remained
• स्थित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); अव्ययभाव (having stood/remained)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/only)

• सुदुष्करम्: very difficult
• सुदुष्करम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुदुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुष्कर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तपः इत्यस्य)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; साधनार्थे (by which)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• तत्प्रभावेन: by its power
• तत्प्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक; तत् + प्रभाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य प्रभावः)

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

• पश्यामि: I see
• पश्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्/दृश् (धातु; √पश्)
• Form: लट् (Present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुरेश्वरम्: Sureśvara (Lord of gods)
• सुरेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee declares her intent to perform severe austerity, standing firm, eyes lifted toward the unseen deity; the shrine and sacred landscape frame her vow.

Characters & Entities

• Sureśvara (Lord of the gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast tapas, undertaken with clear resolve, becomes the means for divine darśana and inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya and leads into the Hāṭakeśvara (Pātāla-associated) sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vow of severe austerity (tapas) with steadfast endurance, aimed at obtaining darśana.