Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

अस्तुवंस्तं समीपस्था वसन्ते समुपागते । वनराजिर्विभाति स्म नवकोरकशोभिता

Transliteration

astuvaṃstaṃ samīpasthā vasante samupāgate | vanarājirvibhāti sma navakorakaśobhitā

Translation

Berdiri dekat baginda, mereka memuji-Nya; dan apabila musim bunga tiba, hamparan rimba pun bersinar, dihiasi pucuk-pucuk baharu.

Word by Word

• अस्तुवन्: praising
• अस्तुवन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमा बहुवचन (कर्तरि शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तरूपेण ‘स्तुवन्तः’ इत्यर्थः; पदे सन्ध्यन्ते ‘अस्तुवन्’), Masculine, Nominative (1st), Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• समीपस्थाः: standing nearby
• समीपस्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीप + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘समीपे स्थिता’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/अव्ययीभावसदृश-निर्माणः (समीप-स्थ)

• वसन्ते: in spring
• वसन्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• समुपागते: having arrived (when it had come)
• समुपागते: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उप + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘समुपागत’ = arrived/come

• वनराजिः: the line/row of forest (woodland stretch)
• वनराजिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन + राजि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘वनस्य राजिः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• विभाति: shines
• विभाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + भा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स्म: indeed/then (narrative particle)
• स्म: Kriya-upasarga/Particle (क्रिया-निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), भूतार्थ/वृत्तान्तसूचक

• नवकोरकशोभिता: adorned with new buds
• नवकोरकशोभिता: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव + कोरक + शोभित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त (PPP) ‘शोभित’; ‘नवैः कोरकैः शोभिता’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (instrumental determinative)

Speaker

Narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa; not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees/gaṇas stand close to Śiva, offering hymns; the background shifts into spring—fresh buds on branches, softened light, a sacred grove glowing with renewal.

Characters & Entities

• Spring season (Vasanta)
• Forest (vanarāji)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred presence harmonizes with nature—devotion and the tīrtha landscape together become signs of auspicious renewal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse provides scenic māhātmya atmosphere but does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the act shown is stuti (praise) in the sacred vicinity.