Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

स तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा विंध्यः पर्वतसत्तमः । अभजन्निम्नतां सद्यो विनयेन समन्वितः

Transliteration

sa tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā viṃdhyaḥ parvatasattamaḥ | abhajannimnatāṃ sadyo vinayena samanvitaḥ

Translation

ಅವನ ವಚನವನ್ನು ಕೇಳಿ ಪರ್ವತಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನಾದ ವಿಂಧ್ಯನು ವಿನಯದಿಂದ ಯುಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ತಕ್ಷಣವೇ ತಗ್ಗಿ ನತವಾಯಿತು।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• वचनम्: speech/words
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having done)

• विंध्यः: Vindhya (mountain)
• विंध्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पर्वतसत्तमः: best of mountains
• पर्वतसत्तमः: Apposition (विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पर्वतानां सत्तमः)

• अभजत्: assumed/entered
• अभजत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• निम्नताम्: lowness/humility
• निम्नताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निम्नता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• विनयेन: with humility
• विनयेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• समन्वितः: endowed/possessed (with)
• समन्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ) addressed in the passage

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Vindhya mountain personified as a majestic, crowned being lowering himself in reverence after hearing a rishi’s command; atmosphere of stillness and submission.

Characters & Entities

• Vindhya
• Agastya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vinaya (humility) transforms power into dharma; submission to wise counsel restores harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the line supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya by narrating how obstacles to pilgrimage are removed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.