Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

स वै मार्गपरिश्रांतो गत्वा निद्रावशं भृशम् । न जजागार जातेऽपि प्रयाणे बहुशब्दिते

Transliteration

sa vai mārgapariśrāṃto gatvā nidrāvaśaṃ bhṛśam | na jajāgāra jāte'pi prayāṇe bahuśabdite

Translation

လမ်းခရီးကြောင့် အလွန်ပင်ပန်းနွမ်းနယ်သဖြင့် သူသည် အိပ်စက်ခြင်း၏ အာဏာအောက်သို့ နက်နက်ရှိုင်းရှိုင်း ကျရောက်သွားပြီး၊ ထွက်ခွာချိန်တွင် ဆူညံသံများစွာရှိသော်လည်း မနိုးထနိုင်ခဲ့။

Word by Word

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खल्वर्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• मार्गपरिश्रान्तः: exhausted by the journey
• मार्गपरिश्रान्तः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मार्ग + परि-√श्रम् (धातु) → परिश्रान्त (क्त/PPP)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP) समासान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'मार्गे परिश्रान्तः'

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वान्त); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया 'having gone'

• निद्रावशम्: into sleep’s control
• निद्रावशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा + वश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष

• भृशम्: excessively, deeply
• भृशम्: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अत्यर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• जजागार: awoke
• जजागार: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जागृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• जाते: when (it) had happened
• जाते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (क्त/PPP)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'when (it) had occurred'

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक-निपात (even/also)

• प्रयाणे: at the departure
• प्रयाणे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• बहुशब्दिते: amid much noise
• बहुशब्दिते: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + शब्दित (√शब्द्/शब्दय् धातु → क्त/PPP)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'बहुभिः शब्दैः शब्दिते'

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) — inferred for Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrthamāhātmya narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone attendant collapsed in heavy sleep; in the distance the caravan is already moving away, dust and silhouettes fading; the foreground emphasizes abandonment.

Characters & Entities

• Sleep (nidrā)
• Journey (mārga)
• Departure (prayāṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Carelessness and fatigue can become instruments of fate; Purāṇic stories use such moments to unfold karmic and divine outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the storyline connected to Ānarteśvara’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.