Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तस्य तीरे मया दृष्टं यदाश्चर्यमनुत्तमम् । तत्तेऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व रघु नन्दन

Transliteration

tasya tīre mayā dṛṣṭaṃ yadāścaryamanuttamam | tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva raghu nandana

Translation

ಅದರ ತೀರದಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಅನುತ್ತಮವಾದ ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯವನ್ನು ಕಂಡೆನು. ಅದನ್ನು ಈಗ ನಿನಗೆ ಹೇಳುವೆನು—ಕೇಳು, ಓ ರಘುನಂದನ.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual)

• तीरे: on the bank/shore
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दृष्टम्: seen
• दृष्टम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) → दृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (passive sense)

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आश्चर्यम्: a wonder
• आश्चर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, excellent
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

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

• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall tell fully
• संप्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष? (actually उत्तमपुरुष/1st person), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: सम्+प्र

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Injunction/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• रघु: O Raghu
• रघु: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• नन्दन: O son/delight (descendant)
• नन्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Raghu-nandana / Rāghava-śreṣṭha (a Raghu-line prince/king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage-like narrator on a riverbank gestures toward the water and horizon, beginning a wondrous account to a Raghu prince; twilight aura, sacred trees, and a calm current.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hearing (śravaṇa) of tīrtha-māhātmya from a realized sage is itself a purifying act that transmits dharma through sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Devadeva-created taḍāga; the marvel is said to have been seen specifically at its tīra (bank).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implicit practice is śravaṇa—listening attentively to the tīrtha’s māhātmya as taught by a sage.