Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ततो निशामुखे प्राप्ता यत्र देवः पितामहः । दीक्षितस्त्वथ मौनी च यज्ञमण्डपसंश्रितः

Transliteration

tato niśāmukhe prāptā yatra devaḥ pitāmahaḥ | dīkṣitastvatha maunī ca yajñamaṇḍapasaṃśritaḥ

Translation

ତାପରେ ରାତ୍ରିର ଆରମ୍ଭେ ସେମାନେ ସେଇ ସ୍ଥାନକୁ ପହଞ୍ଚିଲେ, ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ଦେବ ପିତାମହ (ବ୍ରହ୍ମା) ଯଜ୍ଞାର୍ଥେ ଦୀକ୍ଷିତ ହୋଇ ମୌନବ୍ରତ ଧାରଣ କରି ଯଜ୍ଞମଣ୍ଡପରେ ଆଶ୍ରିତ ଥିଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Temporal/sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: ततः-शब्दः; अपादान/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/from there)

• निशामुखे: at the beginning of night
• निशामुखे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निशा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (निशायाः मुखे)

• प्राप्ताः: having arrived / arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे (they arrived)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Relative location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धक-अव्यय (relative locative adverb)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पितामहः: Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• पितामहः: Karta (Apposition to devaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिता (प्रातिपदिक) + मह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पितुः महः = grandfather; epithet of Brahmā)

• दीक्षितः: initiated / consecrated
• दीक्षितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier of devaḥ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेष/विरोध-बोधक अव्यय (particle)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: आरम्भ/अनन्तर-बोधक अव्यय (then/now)

• मौनी: the silent one (vowed to silence)
• मौनी: Viśeṣaṇa (Appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौनिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यज्ञमण्डपसंश्रितः: seated/located in the sacrificial pavilion
• यज्ञमण्डपसंश्रितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of devaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक) + संश्रित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (यज्ञमण्डपे संश्रितः = having resorted to/being in the sacrificial pavilion)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-śreṣṭhas (assembled brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the edge of night, sages approach a glowing yajña-maṇḍapa; within, Brahmā as Pitāmaha sits in dīkṣā, silent, composed, surrounded by ritual posts and sacred fires, the pavilion lit against deepening sky.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Dīkṣā
• Mauna
• Yajña-maṇḍapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha is sanctified by primordial Vedic sacrifice; dīkṣā and disciplined silence (mauna) are portrayed as sources of spiritual power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A location within the Adhyāya 182 tīrtha setting, specifically a yajña-maṇḍapa associated with Brahmā (not named in the snippet).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīkṣā (sacrificial consecration) and mauna (vow of silence) in the context of yajña.