Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ततो निष्कामतां प्राप्तो लज्जया परिवारितः । विससर्ज च तां रंभां शौचं चक्रे ततः परम्

Transliteration

tato niṣkāmatāṃ prāpto lajjayā parivāritaḥ | visasarja ca tāṃ raṃbhāṃ śaucaṃ cakre tataḥ param

Translation

Kemudian dia kembali mencapai keadaan tanpa nafsu, dilingkari rasa malu. Dia menyuruh Rambhā beredar, lalu sesudah itu melakukan penyucian diri.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• niṣkāmatām: desirelessness
• niṣkāmatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niṣkāmatā (प्रातिपदिक; नि: + काम + ता)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; भाववाचक-संज्ञा = feminine abstract noun, accusative singular

• prāptaḥ: having attained
• prāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) + pra-; क्त-प्रत्यय (प्राप्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतभावे), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past participle used predicatively = having attained

• lajjayā: by shame
• lajjayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lajjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• parivāritaḥ: overcome (surrounded)
• parivāritaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + √vṛ (धातु) + क्त-प्रत्यय (परिवारित)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past participle = surrounded/overcome

• visasarja: he dismissed/let go
• visasarja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + √sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; finite verb

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) = conjunction ‘and’

• tām: her/that (woman)
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• raṃbhām: Rambhā
• raṃbhām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṃbhā (प्रातिपदिक; अप्सरस्-नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; proper noun

• śaucam: purification/cleansing
• śaucam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śauca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular

• cakre: he performed/did
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; finite verb

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter

• param: afterwards
• param: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषण) = afterwards/next; मूलतः विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक ‘para’ used adverbially

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (standard Purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A great sage, eyes lowered in shame, gestures dismissal to the radiant apsaras Rambhā; immediately after, he performs purification—water vessel, riverbank/kuṇḍa, and austere posture.

Characters & Entities

• Rambhā
• Śauca (purification)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even after a lapse, turning back toward niṣkāmatā and undertaking śauca restores one’s dhārmic orientation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse mentions purification but does not name a specific tīrtha in the line itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śauca (purification) is indicated generally, without detailing a specific method (snāna/japa/dāna) in this verse.