Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

तपःस्थः सोऽपि तत्रैव वाल्मीकिरिति यः स्मृतः

Transliteration

tapaḥsthaḥ so'pi tatraiva vālmīkiriti yaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

അവനും അവിടെയേ തപസ്സിൽ സ്ഥാപിതനായി നിന്നു—‘വാൽമീകി’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നവൻ.

Word by Word

• तपःस्थः: standing in austerity; engaged in penance
• तपःस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त; √स्था धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तपसि स्थितः इति (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष), कृदन्तः—क्त (past participle sense)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपातार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); ‘also/even’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (restrictive particle)

• वाल्मीकि: Vālmīki
• वाल्मीकि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाल्मीकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• इति: thus; as
• इति: Quotation marker (इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत्

• स्मृतः: is remembered; is called
• स्मृतः: Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः—‘is remembered/called’

Speaker

Narrative (contextually Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mukhāra Tīrtha (contextual frame of the chapter)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest-āśrama near a tīrtha: Vālmīki seated in deep meditation, matted hair, bark garments, surrounded by quiet trees and a subtle glow of tapas; the tīrtha waters nearby indicate sanctified geography.

Characters & Entities

• Vālmīki
• tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadiness in tapas sustains sanctity—realized beings continue to bless a place through ongoing discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse closes the episode at the locale associated with Vālmīki and the Māhātmya of Mukhārā Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it states Vālmīki’s continued austerity at that very place.