Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

ततो वनं समाजग्मुस्त्रिजातो यत्र संस्थितः । हरलब्धवरो हृष्टः सुमहत्तपसि स्थितः

Transliteration

tato vanaṃ samājagmustrijāto yatra saṃsthitaḥ | haralabdhavaro hṛṣṭaḥ sumahattapasi sthitaḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് അവർ ത്രിജാതൻ പാർത്തിരുന്ന വനത്തിലേക്കു ചെന്നു—ഹരൻ (ശിവൻ) നൽകിയ വരം ലഭിച്ച് ഹർഷിതനായി, അതിമഹത്തായ തപസ്സിൽ ദൃഢമായി നിലകൊണ്ടവൻ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereupon/then)

• वनम्: forest
• वनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• समाजग्मुः: they went/they proceeded
• समाजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुषः बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् (3rd person plural, Perfect, Parasmaipada)

• त्रिजातः: Trijāta (proper name)
• त्रिजातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिजात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb of place)

• संस्थितः: was staying/was situated
• संस्थितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Past participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• हरलब्धवरः: having obtained a boon from Hara (Śiva)
• हरलब्धवरः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर + लब्ध + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)

• हृष्टः: delighted
• हृष्टः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष् (धातु) → हृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Past participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• सुमहत्: very great
• सुमहत्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• तपसि: in austerity/penance
• तपसि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• स्थितः: remaining/steadfast
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Past participle; Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Characters & Entities

• Trijāta
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast tapas, offered in devotion to Śiva, becomes the ground for divine grace and worthy boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is set within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; this line points to a sacred forest locale connected with Trijāta’s austerities rather than naming a specific tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on tapas (austerity) and Śiva’s boon-bestowal.