Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय प्रणम्य शशिशेखरम् । तस्थौ सर्वगणैर्युक्तः प्रभुसंश्रयसंयुतः

Transliteration

sa tatheti pratijñāya praṇamya śaśiśekharam | tasthau sarvagaṇairyuktaḥ prabhusaṃśrayasaṃyutaḥ

Translation

അവൻ ‘തഥാസ്തു’ എന്നു പ്രതിജ്ഞ ചെയ്ത്, ശശിശേഖരനായ ഭഗവാനെ നമസ്കരിച്ചു; സർവ്വഗണങ്ങളോടും കൂടി, പരമപ്രഭുവിന്റെ ശരണാശ്രയത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിതനായി അവിടെ തന്നെ നിന്നു.

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘so/thus’

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक

• प्रतिज्ञाय: having promised
• प्रतिज्ञाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive): ‘having promised/assented’

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive): ‘having bowed’

• शशिशेखरम्: Śaśiśekhara (moon-crested Lord)
• शशिशेखरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशि (प्रातिपदिक) + शेखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (शशिः शेखरः यस्य)

• तस्थौ: stood/remained
• तस्थौ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्व-गणैः: with all the gaṇas
• सर्व-गणैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वे गणाः)

• युक्तः: joined/attended
• युक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्रभु-संश्रय-संयुतः: endowed with the Lord’s refuge/protection
• प्रभु-संश्रय-संयुतः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक) + संश्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (सम्-युज् धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (प्रभोः संश्रयेण संयुतः)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual, not explicitly marked in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee/being affirms ‘tathā’ (so be it), bows to Śiva the Moon-crested, and stands/resides with a retinue of gaṇas, sheltered by the Supreme Lord’s protection.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śaśiśekhara)
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Keeping one’s vow and taking refuge in Śiva is portrayed as the stable foundation of dharma and spiritual protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding context belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes praṇāma (bowing) and pratijñā (a vow/resolve) as devotional acts.