Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
Devanagari script
उरो बाहुकृतिं कुर्वन्सान्निध्यं समुपागतः । महामत्स्योऽज्ञातपूर्वः सन्निधानेऽनहंकृतिः
Transliteration
uro bāhukṛtiṃ kurvansānnidhyaṃ samupāgataḥ | mahāmatsyo'jñātapūrvaḥ sannidhāne'nahaṃkṛtiḥ
Translation
ഉരസ്സും ഭുജങ്ങളും കൊണ്ട് ഒരു മുദ്രചെയ്ത് അദ്ദേഹം സന്നിധിയിലേക്കു സമീപിച്ചു. അവിടെ മുമ്പൊരിക്കലും കണ്ടിട്ടില്ലാത്ത മഹാമത്സ്യം പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു; സമീപത്ത് നിന്നു, അഹങ്കാരരഹിതമായി।
Word by Word
उरःchest
उरः:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootउरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
बाहुकृतिम्the form/shape of arms
बाहुकृतिम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु + कृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)
कुर्वन्doing; making
कुर्वन्:
Karta (Agent; participial)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) → कुर्वत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्तः (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘कुर्वन्’ = doing (Present active participle, Masc, Nom, Sg)
सान्निध्यम्presence; proximity
सान्निध्यम्:
Karma (Object/Goal)
TypeNoun
Rootसान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)
समुपागतःhaving come near; approached
समुपागतः:
Kriyā (Action/state of subject)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + उप + गम् (धातु) → उपागत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘समुपागतः’ = having approached/arrived (Past participle, Masc, Nom, Sg)
महामत्स्यःthe great fish
महामत्स्यः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + मत्स्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Masculine, Nom, Singular)
अज्ञातपूर्वःnever known before
अज्ञातपूर्वः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + ज्ञात + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Nom, Singular; adjective)
सन्निधानेin the presence; nearby
सन्निधाने:
Adhikaraṇa (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootसन्निधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
अनहंकृतिःfree from egoism
अनहंकृतिः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन् + अहं + कृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘यस्य अहंकृतिः न अस्ति’ (Masculine, Nom, Singular; possessive adjective)
Speaker
Brahmā (continuing narration from v.43)
Characters & Entities
M
Mahāmatsya (great fish)FAQs
In sacred proximity, extraordinary manifestations appear, and true greatness is marked by absence of ego.
The episode continues the city-and-Kṣīrasāgara context; the explicit tīrtha name is not present in this verse.
None; it is descriptive narration within the māhātmya.