Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ततः कालेन महता नागरेश्वरतुष्टितः । शिवलोकं गतः साक्षाद्यानमध्ये निवेशितः

Transliteration

tataḥ kālena mahatā nāgareśvaratuṣṭitaḥ | śivalokaṃ gataḥ sākṣādyānamadhye niveśitaḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് ദീർഘകാലം കഴിഞ്ഞ് നാഗരേശ്വരനെ പ്രസന്നനാക്കി, അവൻ നേരിട്ട് ശിവലോകത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി ദിവ്യവിമാനത്തിന്റെ മദ്ധ്യത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതനായി.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (thereafter/from that)

• कालेन: by/with time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/means: time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• महता: great/long
• महता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying कालेन)

• नागरेश्वरतुष्टितः: pleased by Nāgareśvara
• नागरेश्वरतुष्टितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नागरेश्वर + तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नागरेश्वरस्य तुष्टितः/तुष्टः)

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (Goal/object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + लोक (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (शिवस्य लोकः)

• गतः: gone
• गतः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past Active Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• साक्षात्: directly
• साक्षात्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रत्यक्षार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (directly/in person)

• यानमध्ये: in the midst of a vehicle (celestial conveyance)
• यानमध्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान + मध्य (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (यानस्य मध्ये)

• निवेशितः: was placed/installed
• निवेशितः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-विश् (धातु) + णिच् + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a Māhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgareśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant celestial car (vimāna) descends; Caṇḍaśarman, serene and luminous, is welcomed and seated amid divine attendants, with Śiva’s realm suggested by Kailāsa-like splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgareśvara (Śiva)
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship that pleases Śiva grants transcendent reward—access to Śivaloka—showing the salvific power of tīrtha-bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgareśvara sacred complex (within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative), whose worship yields exalted fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pleasing Nāgareśvara through worship (implicit liṅga-pūjā/arcana) as the cause of attaining Śivaloka.