Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

अथ वायुर्गतस्तत्र यत्रास्ते भगवाञ्छिवः । गौर्या सह रतासक्त आनन्दं परमं गतः

Transliteration

atha vāyurgatastatra yatrāste bhagavāñchivaḥ | gauryā saha ratāsakta ānandaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ

Translation

പിന്നീട് വായു ഭഗവാൻ ശിവൻ ഇരിക്കുന്ന സ്ഥലത്തേക്ക് ചെന്നു; ഗൗരിയോടുള്ള സംഗമത്തിൽ ആസക്തനായി അദ്ദേഹം പരമാനന്ദത്തിൽ ലീനനായിരുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Avyaya (Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तर (then/now)

• वायुः: Vāyu (Wind)
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक (where)

• आस्ते: is seated / remains
• आस्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘भगवान्’ इत्यस्य समानाधिकरण

• गौर्या: with Gaurī
• गौर्या: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सहार्थे

• सह: with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• रतासक्तः: attached to pleasure / engrossed in love
• रतासक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रति (प्रातिपदिक) + आसक्त (कृदन्त, क्त; √सञ्ज्/सज् ‘to cling/attach’)
• Form: समासः तत्पुरुष (रत्याम् आसक्तः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (शिवस्य)

• आनन्दम्: bliss
• आनन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (आनन्दम्)

• गतः: attained
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘गतः’ = attained

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāyu arrives at a secluded, radiant grove or inner chamber where Śiva and Gaurī are absorbed in divine union; the depiction should be symbolic and modest, emphasizing aura and bliss rather than explicitness.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Śiva
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine union signifies cosmic harmony; the highest bliss of Śiva is beyond ordinary interruption.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa, portrayed as the seat of Śiva’s transcendental bliss with Gaurī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive of the divine state.