Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रोऽपि तत्रैव स्थितो ध्यानपरायणः । चक्रे चतुर्विधां सृष्टिं स्पर्द्धया हंसगामिनः

Transliteration

viśvāmitro'pi tatraiva sthito dhyānaparāyaṇaḥ | cakre caturvidhāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ sparddhayā haṃsagāminaḥ

Translation

ဝိශ්ဝာမိတ္တရလည်း ထိုနေရာ၌ပင် တည်နေ၍ သမာဓိကို အလွန်အမင်း အားထုတ်လျက်ရှိ၏။ ထို့နောက် ဟံသာကဲ့သို့ သွားလာသောသူ (ဗြဟ္မာ) နှင့် ပြိုင်ဆိုင်လိုစိတ်ကြောင့် ဖန်ဆင်းခြင်း လေးမျိုးကို ပြုလုပ်ဖန်တီးခဲ့၏။

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• स्थितः: stood / remained
• स्थितः: Kriya (State/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त; स्था-धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle) used verbally, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ध्यानपरायणः: devoted to meditation
• ध्यानपरायणः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyāna-parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; ध्यान + परायण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (ध्येय/ध्येयत्वेन ध्यानं परायणं यस्य/ध्यानं परायणम्)

• चक्रे: created / made
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• चतुर्विधाम्: fourfold
• चतुर्विधाम्: Karman (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur-vidha (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर् + विध)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (चतुर्णां विधः)

• सृष्टिम्: creation
• सृष्टिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्पर्द्धया: with rivalry / in competition
• स्पर्द्धया: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sparddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हंसगामिनः: of the swan-going one (Brahmā)
• हंसगामिनः: Sambandha (Possessor/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haṃsa-gāmin (प्रातिपदिक; हंस + गामिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (हंसवत् गामी यस्य सः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta in the wider Tīrthamāhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra sits immovable in deep meditation at the sacred spot; from his tapas arises a ‘fourfold creation,’ visually suggested as emanations—beings, elements, or orders—unfolding around him, with Brahmā symbolically implied as the ‘swan-moving’ archetype.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Brahmā (Haṃsagāmin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas and focused meditation can yield immense powers, but rivalry (spardhā) warns that spiritual attainment should be guided by dharma, not ego.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within a tīrtha-glorification setting; the place is sanctified as the arena where extraordinary tapas and cosmic events unfold, though the tīrtha name is not stated in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on dhyāna (meditative practice) and its consequences.