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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

विगाहितुं मनश्चक्रे तापार्तिं शमयन्निव । कृष्णं बभूव तन्नीरं हरकायाग्निवह्निना

Transliteration

vigāhituṃ manaścakre tāpārtiṃ śamayanniva | kṛṣṇaṃ babhūva tannīraṃ harakāyāgnivahninā

Translation

तापाची पीडा जणू शमवावी म्हणून त्याने त्यात उतरायचा निश्चय केला। हराच्या देहाग्नीच्या प्रभावाने ते पाणी कृष्णवर्ण झाले।

Word by Word
विगाहितुम्to plunge into
विगाहितुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + √गाह् (धातु)
Formतुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) — ‘to plunge/enter’
मनःmind, intention
मनः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object of ‘made/formed’
चक्रेmade, formed
चक्रे:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘made/formed’
तापtorment
ताप:
Sambandha (Compound member/समाससम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootताप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद) — ‘heat, torment’
आर्तिम्distress
आर्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object of ‘pacifying’
तापार्तिम्distress from torment
तापार्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootताप + आर्ति (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/संबन्धार्थः) ‘तापस्य आर्तिः’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
शमयन्pacifying
शमयन्:
Sambandha (Concomitant action/सहक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√शम् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ) — पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘pacifying’ (agreeing with implied subject)
इवas if
इव:
Sambandha (Simile marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उपमा) — ‘as if’
कृष्णम्black, dark
कृष्णम्:
Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विशेष्यविशेषणभाव)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — predicate adjective with ‘बभूव’ for ‘नीरम्’
बभूवbecame
बभूव:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘became’
तत्that
तत्:
Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — determiner of ‘नीरम्’ (‘that’)
नीरम्water
नीरम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — subject of ‘बभूव’
हरHara (Śiva)
हर:
Sambandha (Compound member/समाससम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (पूर्वपद) — ‘Hara (Śiva)’
कायbody
काय:
Sambandha (Compound member/समाससम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकाय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (मध्यपद) — ‘body’
अग्निfire
अग्नि:
Sambandha (Compound member/समाससम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, समासाङ्ग (मध्यपद) — ‘fire’
वह्निनाby the fire
वह्निना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrument ‘by/with fire’
हरकायाग्निवह्निनाby the fire of Hara’s body
हरकायाग्निवह्निना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootहर + काय + अग्नि + वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/संबन्धार्थः) ‘हरस्य कायस्य अग्निः स एव वह्निः’; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental
Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yamunā

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva steps into Yamunā; as his radiant inner fire meets the water, the river around him turns dark (kṛṣṇa), with steam-like aura and swirling eddies—an awe-filled transformation moment.

Characters & Entities
H
Hara (Śiva)
Y
Yamunā (implied)
A
Agni/inner heat (kāyāgni)

FAQs

Divine presence transforms nature itself; sacred geography is explained through līlā that reveals a tīrtha’s unique potency.

The episode is part of the origin narrative that establishes the later-famous Hara-tīrtha at this river location.

Entering the water (vigāha/snān) is implied as the key act around which the tīrtha’s power will be declared.

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