Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

तुष्टः प्रोवाच वज्रांगं तमागम्य जलाशये

Transliteration

tuṣṭaḥ provāca vajrāṃgaṃ tamāgamya jalāśaye

Translation

സന്തുഷ്ടനായി അവൻ ജലാശയതീരത്ത് അവിടെ വജ്രാംഗനെ സമീപിച്ച് അവനോട് പറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• तुष्टः: pleased, satisfied
• तुष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (√तुष् धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• प्रोवाच: said, spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+√वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वज्राङ्गम्: Vajrāṅga (name), the one with thunderbolt-like body
• वज्राङ्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्राङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः वज्र + अङ्ग (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः ‘वज्र-सदृश-अङ्गः’)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आगम्य: having approached, after coming
• आगम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ+√गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• जलाशये: in the lake/reservoir of water
• जलाशये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जलाशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः जल + आशय (जलस्य आशयः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene waterside (jalāśaya) with a radiant deity-figure approaching the ascetic Vajrāṅga; still water, lotuses, and a quiet hermitage atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Vajrāṅga
• Jalāśaya (waterside setting)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere austerity culminates in divine satisfaction, leading to direct guidance or boon-bestowal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A generic jalāśaya (waterside) is mentioned, but no named tīrtha is specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the moment of divine approach and speech.