Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

मध्याह्नसमये प्राप्ते वृषस्थे च दिवाकरे । क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रांतो विश्वामित्रो द्विजोत्तमाः

Transliteration

madhyāhnasamaye prāpte vṛṣasthe ca divākare | kṣutpipāsāpariśrāṃto viśvāmitro dvijottamāḥ

Translation

മധ്യാഹ്നസമയം എത്തിയപ്പോൾ, സൂര്യൻ വൃഷരാശിയിൽ നിലകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ, വിശപ്പും ദാഹവും കൊണ്ട് പരിശ്രാന്തനായ വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ, ഹേ ദ്വിജോത്തമാ, ക്ഷീണിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• मध्याह्नसमये: at midday time
• मध्याह्नसमये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक) + समय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (मध्याह्नस्य समयः)

• प्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गः/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• वृषस्थे: when (the sun) was in Taurus
• वृषस्थे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (वृषे स्थितः = situated in Taurus)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• दिवाकरे: in/when the sun
• दिवाकरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम् (locative singular)

• क्षुत्पिपासा: hunger and thirst
• क्षुत्पिपासा: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पिपासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (hunger and thirst)

• परिश्रान्तः: exhausted
• परिश्रान्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + श्रम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; व्यक्तिनाम (proper noun)

• द्विजोत्तमः: best of the twice-born
• द्विजोत्तमः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At blazing midday, the hunter-sage-king Viśvāmitra pauses, visibly parched and weary, the sun overhead; the forest seems still, heat shimmering.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Sūrya (Sun)
• Vṛṣa (Taurus)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mighty are bound by bodily needs; acknowledging limitation becomes the doorway to receiving dharmic support (āśrama hospitality).

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it provides temporal and narrative context within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse notes time (midday) and the condition of hunger and thirst.