Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

। सूत उवाच । एवं स्वर्गमनुप्राप्ते त्रिशंकौ नृपसत्तमे । सशरीरे द्विजश्रेष्ठा विश्वामित्रसमुद्यमात्

Transliteration

| sūta uvāca | evaṃ svargamanuprāpte triśaṃkau nṛpasattame | saśarīre dvijaśreṣṭhā viśvāmitrasamudyamāt

Translation

ສູຕະກ່າວວ່າ: ດັ່ງນັ້ນແລ້ວ ໂອ ກະສັດຜູ້ປະເສີດ, ຕຣິຊັງກຸໄດ້ບັນລຸສະຫວັນພ້ອມດ້ວຍຮ່າງກາຍນີ້ ໂດຍອານຸພາບແຫ່ງຄວາມພາກພຽນອັນແກ່ກ້າຂອງວິສວາມິດຕະຣະ ພຣາຫມະນຜູ້ຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່.

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (he said)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (thus)

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Gati-karma / Deśa (Goal/गत्यर्थकर्म-देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative singular)

• अनुप्राप्ते: when (he) had reached
• अनुप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनु + प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Locative singular); सति-सप्तमी (when/after having reached)

• त्रिशंकौ: in/with regard to Triśaṅku
• त्रिशंकौ: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिशंकु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• नृपसत्तमे: O best of kings
• नृपसत्तमे: Sambodhana (Vocative address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); संबोधनार्थे/विशेषणरूपे (O best of kings); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (nṛpāṇāṃ sattamaḥ)

• सशरीरे: with (his) body / bodily
• सशरीरे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह) + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular); अव्ययीभावः ‘स-शरीरे’ = ‘with the body’

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: the best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Nominative plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dvijānāṃ śreṣṭhāḥ)

• विश्वामित्रसमुद्यमात्: due to Viśvāmitra’s effort
• विश्वामित्रसमुद्यमात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Ablative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (viśvāmitrasya samudyamaḥ)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a king (nṛpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates to a kingly listener: Triśaṅku, in royal garments, rises bodily toward heaven, propelled by Viśvāmitra’s fierce tapas; devas watch in astonishment as the sky opens.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Triśaṅku
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Extraordinary spiritual outcomes are possible through intense tapas and divine resolve, as exemplified by Viśvāmitra enabling Triśaṅku’s bodily ascent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse introduces the Triśaṅku–Viśvāmitra narrative that grounds the chapter’s glorification of a local tīrtha in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa (the specific tīrtha is described in the surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets the narrative basis for the tīrtha’s later-described fruits.