Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

तिष्ठतिष्ठेति तेनोक्ता ततः सा निश्चलाभवत् । निजमंत्रैश्च सा तेन स्तंभिताथर्वणोद्भवैः

Transliteration

tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti tenoktā tataḥ sā niścalābhavat | nijamaṃtraiśca sā tena staṃbhitātharvaṇodbhavaiḥ

Translation

ដោយគាត់បញ្ជា «ឈរ! ឈរ!» នាងក៏ក្លាយជានឹងស្ងៀមមិនចលនា។ បន្ទាប់មក ដោយមន្តរបស់គាត់ឯង កើតពីអថರ್ವវេទ នាងត្រូវបានទប់ស្កាត់ និងធ្វើឲ្យជាប់គាំង។

Word by Word

• तिष्ठ: stand still
• तिष्ठ: Sambodhana/Ājñā (Addressed command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• तिष्ठ: stand still
• तिष्ठ: Sambodhana/Ājñā (Addressed command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-sūcaka (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karta (Agent, by him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (Singular)

• उक्ता: was addressed/said to
• उक्ता: Karma (Patient, she as ‘spoken to’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग-सूचक

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (temporal/sequential adverb)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• निश्चला: motionless
• निश्चला: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• निजमन्त्रैः: with (his) own mantras
• निजमन्त्रैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (own + mantras)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karta (Agent, by him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्तम्भिता: was immobilized
• स्तम्भिता: Karma (Patient)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तम्भ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अथर्वणोद्भवैः: by those arising from Atharvan (Atharvavedic)
• अथर्वणोद्भवैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अथर्वण् (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः पञ्चमी/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (arising from Atharvan/Atharvaveda)

Speaker

Narrator (action description; Vasiṣṭha as the acting agent)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant sage commands a rushing, unseen force to halt; the force freezes mid-motion as Atharvanic stambhana-mantras form a luminous lattice around it.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Atharvaveda
• Kṛtyā/Śakti (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Higher spiritual discipline can neutralize harm without hatred—dharma restrains destructive forces rather than multiplying them.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is a narrative segment within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references stambhana (immobilizing) through Atharvavedic mantras, not a public rite like snāna or dāna.