Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

ततः काले गते तेऽपि कृत्वा तीव्रं महत्तपः । संप्राप्ताः परमं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

tataḥ kāle gate te'pi kṛtvā tīvraṃ mahattapaḥ | saṃprāptāḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

പിന്നീട് കാലം കഴിഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ അവരും തീവ്രവും മഹത്തുമായ തപസ്സു ചെയ്ത് ജരാമരണവರ್ಜിതമായ പരമസ്ഥാനത്തെ പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• काले: when time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative (7th), Singular

• गते: having passed
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Past participle used in locative absolute with ‘काले’; Locative, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having done/performed

• तीव्रम्: intense
• तीव्रम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• संप्राप्ताः: having attained
• संप्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Past participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural; used predicatively ‘having attained’

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• स्थानम्: abode, state
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जरामरणवर्जितम्: free from old age and death
• जरामरणवर्जितम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जरा (प्रातिपदिक) + मरण (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद (जरा+मरण) तत्पुरुष (जरा-मरण-रहितम्), भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Determinative compound; Past participle; Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas in austere postures—standing, seated in meditation, or performing fireless tapas—amid a sacred grove near water; above, a luminous gateway to the ‘parama sthāna’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity (tapas), supported by a sacred setting, culminates in liberation beyond decay and death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 32); the verse emphasizes the fruit of practice there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is highlighted as the practice leading to the supreme, deathless state.