Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततो वर्षसहस्रांते तस्य तुष्टो महेश्वरः । प्रत्यक्षोऽभूत्समं गौर्या गणसंघैः समावृतः

Transliteration

tato varṣasahasrāṃte tasya tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ | pratyakṣo'bhūtsamaṃ gauryā gaṇasaṃghaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് ആയിരം വർഷങ്ങളുടെ അവസാനം, അവനിൽ പ്രസന്നനായ മഹേശ്വരൻ ഗൗരിയോടുകൂടി, ഗണസംഘങ്ങളാൽ ചുറ്റപ്പെട്ടവനായി അവന്റെ മുമ്പിൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷനായി।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter

• वर्षसहस्रान्ते: at the end of a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्रान्ते: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (at the end of a thousand years)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of him)

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (pleased)

• महेश्वरः: Mahēśvara
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता

• प्रत्यक्षः: manifest, visible
• प्रत्यक्षः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (manifest/visible)

• अभूत्: became/appeared
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समम्: together (with)
• समम्: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'together/equally'

• गौर्या: with Gaurī
• गौर्या: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सहार्थे (with Gaurī)

• गणसंघैः: with groups of gaṇas
• गणसंघैः: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक) + संघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; सहार्थे/करणे (with hosts of gaṇas)

• समावृतः: surrounded
• समावृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आवृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (surrounded)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; contextually within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva appears before the ascetic: Maheśvara radiant, with Gaurī at his side, surrounded by gaṇas; the ascetic is small in scale, overwhelmed, in a forested or shrine-adjacent clearing of the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere and sustained tapas culminates in divine darśana—Śiva reveals himself when devotion ripens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha-name appears in this verse; it functions as part of the broader Tīrthamāhātmya storyline that connects sacred place and spiritual attainment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied discipline is long-term tapas; the verse highlights its result (Śiva’s direct manifestation).