Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

शंकरोऽपि च तां दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः । सुदृष्टां नाकरोद्भीत्या पार्श्वस्थां वीक्ष्य पार्वतीम् । ततः प्रदक्षिणां चक्रे सा प्रणम्य महेश्वरम् । श्रद्धया परया युक्ता कृतांजलिपुटा स्थिता

Transliteration

śaṃkaro'pi ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | sudṛṣṭāṃ nākarodbhītyā pārśvasthāṃ vīkṣya pārvatīm | tataḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ cakre sā praṇamya maheśvaram | śraddhayā parayā yuktā kṛtāṃjalipuṭā sthitā

Translation

សូម្បីតែព្រះសង្ករា ពេលបានឃើញនាង ក៏ភ្ញាក់ផ្អើលអស្ចារ្យយ៉ាងខ្លាំង។ ប៉ុន្តែដោយខ្លាចអំពើមិនសមរម្យ ព្រះអង្គមិនសម្លឹងមើលនាងពេញលេញទេ ហើយបែរទៅមើលព្រះបារវតី ដែលឈរនៅជិតខាង។ បន្ទាប់មក នាងបានដើរវង់ប្រទក្សិណា ហើយកោតបង្គំព្រះមហេស្វរៈ; ដោយសទ្ធាខ្ពង់ខ្ពស់ នាងឈរដោយដៃប្រណម្យ។

Word by Word

• śaṃkaraḥ: Śaṅkara
• śaṃkaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (शंकर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — subject

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि—समुच्चय/अपेक्षा) — 'also/even'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of dṛṣṭvā

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्/दर्शन धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) — 'having seen'

• vismayam: astonishment
• vismayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (विस्मय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of gataḥ (attained)

• paramam: supreme, great
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (परम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — विशेषण of vismayam

• gataḥ: attained, became
• gataḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्/गत्यर्थे धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — predicate of śaṃkaraḥ; 'having gone/attained'

• su-dṛṣṭām: beautiful, well-formed
• su-dṛṣṭām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (सु-उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + dṛṣṭā (दृष्टा—√dṛś क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — 'well-seen/beautiful' qualifying (tām)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — negation

• akarot: did
• akarot: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ/करणे धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — 'did/made'

• bhītyā: from fear
• bhītyā: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīti (भीति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — हेतौ/करणे 'out of fear'

• pārśva-sthām: standing beside (him)
• pārśva-sthām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pārśva (पार्श्व-प्रातिपदिक) + stha (स्थ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — 'standing at the side' qualifying pārvatīm

• vīkṣya: having looked at
• vīkṣya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√īkṣ (ईक्ष्/दर्शने धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) — 'having looked at'

• pārvatīm: Pārvatī
• pārvatīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (पार्वती-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of vīkṣya

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — 'then'

• pradakṣiṇām: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇā (प्रदक्षिणा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of cakre

• cakre: performed
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ/करणे धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — 'did/performed'

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — subject (of sthitā)

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (नम्/नमने धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) — 'having bowed'

• maheśvaram: Maheśvara
• maheśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (महा-प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (ईश्वर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of praṇamya

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (श्रद्धा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — manner/instrument 'with faith'

• parayā: supreme, intense
• parayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (परा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — विशेषण of śraddhayā

• yuktā: endowed (with)
• yuktā: Kriya (State/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (युज्/योगे धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — 'endowed/connected' (with śraddhā)

• kṛta-añjali-puṭā: with folded hands
• kṛta-añjali-puṭā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृत—√kṛ क्त) + añjali (अञ्जलि-प्रातिपदिक) + puṭa (पुट-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — 'having hands folded (añjali)' qualifying sā

• sthitā: stood
• sthitā: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था/तिष्ठति धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — predicate of sā; 'stood/remained'

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, seated with Pārvatī, is filled with wonder yet averts a full gaze out of propriety, glancing toward Pārvatī; the maiden performs a full pradakṣiṇā and bows, then stands with folded hands, radiant with faith.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Pārvatī
• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion is disciplined: wonder does not become indulgence; reverence (praṇāma, pradakṣiṇā) is the correct response to the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene is set on Kailāsa; within the chapter it functions as the mythic backdrop for the later glorification of Rūpa-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) and praṇāma (prostration/bowing), performed with śraddhā and añjali.