Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वाऽथ देवेशस्ततश्चादर्शनं गतः । महिषोऽपि निजं स्थानं प्रजगाम ततः परम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā'tha deveśastataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ | mahiṣo'pi nijaṃ sthānaṃ prajagāma tataḥ param

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം ദേവേശൻ പിന്നീട് ദർശനാതീതനായി അപ്രത്യക്ഷനായി; മഹിഷനും തുടർന്ന് തന്റെ സ്ഥാനത്തേക്ക് മടങ്ങി।

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• atha: then
• atha: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Sequencing/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/क्रमसूचक (then)

• deveśaḥ: the Lord of gods
• deveśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरं (thereafter)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• adarśanam: invisibility, disappearance
• adarśanam: Karma (Goal/state attained/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नञ्-युक्त (non-appearance)

• gataḥ: went, entered
• gataḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having gone/entered)

• mahiṣaḥ: the buffalo
• mahiṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya/Emphasis (Additive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (also/even)

• nijam: his own
• nijam: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with sthānam)

• sthānam: place, abode
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• prajagāma: went forth, returned
• prajagāma: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरं (thereafter)

• param: afterwards
• param: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्; क्रियाविशेषण (afterwards)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration within the chapter)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord of gods fades into light; the devotee/character ‘Mahiṣa’ turns back toward his abode; the ghat and waters remain serene, suggesting sacred residue after vision.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Deveśa)
• Mahiṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction is given and then withdrawn; the recipient must act within dharma and consequence after the moment of grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site-name appears in this concluding narrative verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the end of the encounter.