Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

शक्रोऽपि भयसंत्रस्तो गत्वा सागरमध्यगम् । पर्वतं सुदुरारोहं तुंगशृंगं समाश्रितः

Transliteration

śakro'pi bhayasaṃtrasto gatvā sāgaramadhyagam | parvataṃ sudurārohaṃ tuṃgaśṛṃgaṃ samāśritaḥ

Translation

ഭയത്തിൽ വിറച്ച ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) സമുദ്രമദ്ധ്യത്തിലുള്ള, കയറാൻ അത്യന്തം ദുഷ്കരമായ, ഉയർന്ന ശിഖരമുള്ള പർവ്വതത്തെ ആശ്രയിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• भय-संत्रस्तः: terrified by fear
• भय-संत्रस्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक) + संत्रस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √त्रस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; भयेन संत्रस्तः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having gone’

• सागर-मध्य-गम्: (to) one who is in the middle of the ocean / ocean-midst-going
• सागर-मध्य-गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √गम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सागरस्य मध्ये गच्छति/गतः इति (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास)

• पर्वतम्: a mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सु-दुरारोहम्: very hard to climb
• सु-दुरारोहम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुरारोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘अत्यन्तं दुरारोहः’ (विशेषण-विशेष्यभाव)

• तुंग-शृंगम्: with lofty peak
• तुंग-शृंगम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुंग (प्रातिपदिक) + शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तुंगं शृंगं यस्य (कर्मधारय)

• सम्-आश्रितः: took refuge in / resorted to
• सम्-आश्रितः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + आ+√श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘समाश्रितः’ = having taken refuge/resorted to

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, still trembling, travels over the ocean to an isolated mountain; he clings to a steep, cloud-wreathed summit above waves.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Sāgara (ocean)
• Parvata (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power does not remove inner fear; refuge and purification become necessary even for the king of gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sets a sacred-geography scene—an ocean-situated mountain—within the Tīrthamāhātmya, preparing for the tīrtha context of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork for later tīrtha-related acts.