Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

प्रस्थिता सा महाभागा यावत्तद्यज्ञमण्डपम् । तावत्तस्यास्तदा चक्षुः प्रास्फुरद्दक्षिणं मुहुः

Transliteration

prasthitā sā mahābhāgā yāvattadyajñamaṇḍapam | tāvattasyāstadā cakṣuḥ prāsphuraddakṣiṇaṃ muhuḥ

Translation

ആ മഹാഭാഗ്യവതി ദേവി യജ്ഞമണ്ഡപത്തേക്കു നീങ്ങിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ, അതേ സമയത്ത് അവളുടെ വലതുകണ്ണ് വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും തിടുക്കത്തോടെ സ്പന്ദിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• prasthitā: departed/set out
• prasthitā: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√sthā (धातु) + kta → prasthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle) स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वाक्यक्रिया (finite sense)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahā-bhāgā: most fortunate/noble
• mahā-bhāgā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय; विशेषण

• yāvat: until/as far as
• yāvat: Sambandha (limit/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाण/अवधिबोधक (until/as far as)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• yajña-maṇḍapam: sacrificial pavilion
• yajña-maṇḍapam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (yajñasya maṇḍapaḥ)

• tāvat: then/so long
• tāvat: Sambandha (correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तावदर्थक (correlative: 'then/so long')

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• cakṣuḥ: eye
• cakṣuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• prāsphurat: throbbed/twinkled
• prāsphurat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√sphur (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• dakṣiṇam: right (side)
• dakṣiṇam: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (cakṣuḥ-विशेषण)

• muhuḥ: again and again
• muhuḥ: Sambandha (manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: repeatedly)

Speaker

Sūta

Characters & Entities

• Yajñamaṇḍapa
• Sāvitrī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often signal turning points through omens, reminding readers that inner and outer worlds are morally interconnected.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the setting is a yajña-maṇḍapa within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records an omen (śakuna) occurring during the approach to the ritual site.