Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

अथ सा तं प्रणम्योच्चैः प्रस्थिता धरणीतलम् । वसंतेन समायुक्ता जाबालिर्यत्र तिष्ठति

Transliteration

atha sā taṃ praṇamyoccaiḥ prasthitā dharaṇītalam | vasaṃtena samāyuktā jābāliryatra tiṣṭhati

Translation

ထို့နောက် သူမသည် ထိုသူကို ဦးညွှတ်ကန်တော့ပြီး မြေပြင်ပေါ်သို့ ထွက်ခွာသွားသည်။ နွေဦးနှင့်အတူ ယာဘាលီ နေထိုင်ရာအရပ်သို့ သွားလေ၏။

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), उपसर्गः प्र-

• उच्चैः: aloud/highly
• उच्चैः: Sambandha (Modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: loudly/high)

• प्रस्थिता: departed/set out
• प्रस्थिता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपसर्गः प्र-

• धरणीतलम्: the surface of the earth
• धरणीतलम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī + tala (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धरण्याः तलम्)

• वसन्तेन: with Spring
• वसन्तेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समायुक्ता: joined/associated
• समायुक्ता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपसर्गौ सम्-आ-

• जाबालिः: Jābāli
• जाबालिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jābāli (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative locative adverb: where)

• तिष्ठति: stands/dwells
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rambhā bows respectfully, then departs to earth with Vasantā; the scene shifts from celestial court to a forested hermitage landscape where Jābāli dwells.

Characters & Entities

• Rambhā (implied 'she')
• Vasanta (Spring)
• Jābāli

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching a holy person and holy place sets the stage for testing and revealing inner dispositions—purity is proven in proximity to sacredness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates Jābāli’s locale as the sacred setting, but does not name the tīrtha explicitly in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it narrates travel and arrival at the sage’s place.