Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा भयसंत्रस्तः स मूकः पशुपालकः । निष्क्रांतो यष्टिमादाय निराहारोऽपि मन्दिरात्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā bhayasaṃtrastaḥ sa mūkaḥ paśupālakaḥ | niṣkrāṃto yaṣṭimādāya nirāhāro'pi mandirāt

Translation

ထိုစကားကိုကြားသော် စိုးရိမ်ကြောက်လန့်သွားသော စကားမပြောနိုင်သည့် နွားထိန်းသည် တုတ်ကိုကိုင်ကာ အစာမစားရသေးဘဲ အိမ်မှ ထွက်သွား하였다။

Word by Word

• tat: that (statement)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (heard that)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √śru (श्रु धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• bhaya-saṃtrastaḥ: terrified by fear
• bhaya-saṃtrastaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaya (भय) + saṃ-√tras (त्रस् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (instrumental/causal sense: ‘by fear’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mūkaḥ: mute
• mūkaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mūka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• paśupālakaḥ: cowherd/herdsman
• paśupālakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paśu (पशु) + pālaka (पालक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (paśūnām pālakaḥ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• niṣkrāntaḥ: gone out
• niṣkrāntaḥ: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रियाफल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nis-√kram (क्रम् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (having gone out)

• yaṣṭim: a staff
• yaṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yaṣṭi (यष्टि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√dā (दा धातु) + lyap (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having taken’

• nirāhāraḥ: fasting
• nirāhāraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुष, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• mandirāt: from the house/temple
• mandirāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandira (मन्दिर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced; narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāmatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattama (implied audience of the narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mute cowherd, trembling, grips a wooden staff and steps out quickly from the house, skipping food, eyes wide with fear yet resolved to search.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Urgent responsibility (even under fear) pushes one toward action; such quests often culminate in tīrtha discovery and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named yet; the verse depicts the departure that leads toward the tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; ‘nirāhāra’ here indicates urgency (leaving without food), not a vowed fast.