Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

शंकरोऽपि च तां दृष्ट्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः । सुदृष्टां नाकरोद्भीत्या पार्श्वस्थां वीक्ष्य पार्वतीम् । ततः प्रदक्षिणां चक्रे सा प्रणम्य महेश्वरम् । श्रद्धया परया युक्ता कृतांजलिपुटा स्थिता

Transliteration

śaṃkaro'pi ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ | sudṛṣṭāṃ nākarodbhītyā pārśvasthāṃ vīkṣya pārvatīm | tataḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ cakre sā praṇamya maheśvaram | śraddhayā parayā yuktā kṛtāṃjalipuṭā sthitā

Translation

Śaṅkara juga, tatkala melihatnya, terpesona dengan keajaiban yang tertinggi. Namun kerana takut akan ketidaksopanan, baginda tidak memandangnya sepenuhnya, sebaliknya menoleh kepada Pārvatī yang berdiri di sisinya. Lalu wanita itu melakukan pradakṣiṇā dan bersujud kepada Maheśvara; dengan śraddhā yang agung, dia berdiri dengan kedua tangan dirapatkan dalam penghormatan.

Word by Word

• śaṃkaraḥ: Śaṅkara
• śaṃkaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkara (शंकर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — subject

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि—समुच्चय/अपेक्षा) — 'also/even'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of dṛṣṭvā

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्/दर्शन धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) — 'having seen'

• vismayam: astonishment
• vismayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vismaya (विस्मय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of gataḥ (attained)

• paramam: supreme, great
• paramam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (परम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — विशेषण of vismayam

• gataḥ: attained, became
• gataḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्/गत्यर्थे धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — predicate of śaṃkaraḥ; 'having gone/attained'

• su-dṛṣṭām: beautiful, well-formed
• su-dṛṣṭām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (सु-उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + dṛṣṭā (दृष्टा—√dṛś क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — 'well-seen/beautiful' qualifying (tām)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध) — negation

• akarot: did
• akarot: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ/करणे धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — 'did/made'

• bhītyā: from fear
• bhītyā: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīti (भीति-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — हेतौ/करणे 'out of fear'

• pārśva-sthām: standing beside (him)
• pārśva-sthām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pārśva (पार्श्व-प्रातिपदिक) + stha (स्थ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — 'standing at the side' qualifying pārvatīm

• vīkṣya: having looked at
• vīkṣya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√īkṣ (ईक्ष्/दर्शने धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) — 'having looked at'

• pārvatīm: Pārvatī
• pārvatīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (पार्वती-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of vīkṣya

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — 'then'

• pradakṣiṇām: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇā (प्रदक्षिणा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of cakre

• cakre: performed
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ/करणे धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — 'did/performed'

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — subject (of sthitā)

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (नम्/नमने धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) — 'having bowed'

• maheśvaram: Maheśvara
• maheśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (महा-प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (ईश्वर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — object of praṇamya

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (श्रद्धा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — manner/instrument 'with faith'

• parayā: supreme, intense
• parayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (परा-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — विशेषण of śraddhayā

• yuktā: endowed (with)
• yuktā: Kriya (State/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (युज्/योगे धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — 'endowed/connected' (with śraddhā)

• kṛta-añjali-puṭā: with folded hands
• kṛta-añjali-puṭā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृत—√kṛ क्त) + añjali (अञ्जलि-प्रातिपदिक) + puṭa (पुट-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — 'having hands folded (añjali)' qualifying sā

• sthitā: stood
• sthitā: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था/तिष्ठति धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — predicate of sā; 'stood/remained'

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, seated with Pārvatī, is filled with wonder yet averts a full gaze out of propriety, glancing toward Pārvatī; the maiden performs a full pradakṣiṇā and bows, then stands with folded hands, radiant with faith.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Pārvatī
• Maheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True devotion is disciplined: wonder does not become indulgence; reverence (praṇāma, pradakṣiṇā) is the correct response to the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene is set on Kailāsa; within the chapter it functions as the mythic backdrop for the later glorification of Rūpa-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) and praṇāma (prostration/bowing), performed with śraddhā and añjali.