Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

यथा स तत्र निर्यात आगतश्च यथा पुरा । आलापाः पद्मयोनेश्च यथा जातास्त्वनेकशः

Transliteration

yathā sa tatra niryāta āgataśca yathā purā | ālāpāḥ padmayoneśca yathā jātāstvanekaśaḥ

Translation

(Mereka bertanya) bagaimana baginda berangkat dari sana dan bagaimana baginda kembali seperti dahulu; dan bagaimana pelbagai perbualan dengan Yang Lahir dari Teratai (Brahmā) telah berlaku berulang kali.

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/उपमानार्थक-समुच्चय (correlative/comparative particle: 'as/just as')

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')

• निर्यातः: departed/went out
• निर्यातः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir√yā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे 'gone out/departed'

• आगतः: arrived
• आगतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'come/arrived'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारार्थक (as/how)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb: 'formerly')

• आलापाः: conversations/utterances
• आलापाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ālāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• पद्मयोनेः: of Padmayoni (Brahmā)
• पद्मयोनेः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma-yoni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (padmasya yoniḥ = 'one whose origin is the lotus', i.e., Brahmā)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारार्थक (as/how)

• जाताः: arose/occurred
• जाताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'arisen/occurred'

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (particle: 'but/indeed')

• अनेकशः: many times
• अनेकशः: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anekaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक (adverb: 'many times/in many ways')

Speaker

Narrator (reporting the brāhmaṇas’ questions)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circle of sages/seekers questioning a narrator about a wondrous departure and return, with Brahmā (Padmayoni) envisioned in the background as the source of many conversations; palm-leaf manuscripts and a tīrtha landscape suggested behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Padmayoni)
• king (implied subject of inquiry)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic teaching values careful recounting of sacred experiences, so that listeners may discern dharma and divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The questions arise within the Gartā-tīrtha-centered chapter, linking extraordinary events back to the tīrtha’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse frames a request for testimony about divine encounters and journeys.