Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 146

Devanagari script

एवं महोत्सवे तत्र वर्तमाने महोदये । आगतो बहुभिः सार्धमहं यौवनगर्वितः

Transliteration

evaṃ mahotsave tatra vartamāne mahodaye | āgato bahubhiḥ sārdhamahaṃ yauvanagarvitaḥ

Translation

မဟာပွဲတော်ကြီးသည် အလွန်မင်္ဂလာအခါ၌ ဆက်လက်ကျင်းပနေစဉ်၊ ယောဝန၏မာနဖြင့် ဖောင်းပွနေသော ကျွန်ုပ်သည် အခြားသူများစွာနှင့်အတူ ထိုနေရာသို့ ရောက်လာခဲ့သည်။

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus)

• mahotsave: in the great festival
• mahotsave: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-utsava (प्रातिपदिक: mahā + utsava)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• vartamāne: while (it was) taking place
• vartamāne: Adhikarana (Locative absolute sense/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vṛt (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय; here: vartamāna), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (mahotsave/mahodaye)

• mahodaye: at the great auspicious occasion/upsurge
• mahodaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-udaya (प्रातिपदिक: mahā + udaya)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āgataḥ: came
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोग: ‘having come’

• bahubhiḥ: with many (people)
• bahubhiḥ: Sahakari/Sahartha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakari/Sahartha (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अर्थक-अव्यय (postposition/adverb: together with)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yauvanagarvitaḥ: proud of youth
• yauvanagarvitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yauvana-garvita (प्रातिपदिक: yauvana + garvita)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (garvita), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (aham इत्यस्य)

Speaker

An unnamed man (confessing youthful pride)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A youthful traveler with attendants enters a bustling sacred festival: flags, lamps, crowds of ascetics; the youth’s posture shows confidence edging into self-awareness; the sacred precinct glows with auspicious light (mahodaya).

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes spiritually fruitful when pride is relinquished; ego can distort one’s approach even to sacred festivals.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse situates the narrator at a major sacred festival connected to Śiva; the exact site is established by the chapter’s broader narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it emphasizes inner preparation—humility—while joining a yātrā/mahotsava.