Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततो वर्षसहस्राभ्यां तस्य तुष्टो महेश्वरः । प्रोवाच दर्शनं गत्वा वृषारूढः सहोमया

Transliteration

tato varṣasahasrābhyāṃ tasya tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ | provāca darśanaṃ gatvā vṛṣārūḍhaḥ sahomayā

Translation

ତାପରେ ହଜାର ବର୍ଷ ପରେ ମହେଶ୍ୱର ତାହାପ୍ରତି ପ୍ରସନ୍ନ ହେଲେ; ବୃଷଭାରୂଢ ହୋଇ, ଉମାସହିତ ଦର୍ଶନ ଦେଇ ସେ ତାଙ୍କୁ କଥା କହିଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे

• वर्षसहस्राभ्याम्: after/through a thousand years
• वर्षसहस्राभ्याम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुषः—वर्षाणां सहस्रम्; ताभ्याम् (by/after a thousand years; instrumental of duration)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• तुष्टः: pleased
• तुष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; महेश्वरः इति विशेषणम्

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—महान् ईश्वरः

• प्रोवाच: said; spoke forth
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दर्शनम्: a vision; appearance
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गत्वा: having come/approached
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभावः; ‘having gone/approached’

• वृषारूढः: mounted on the bull
• वृषारूढः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—वृषे आरूढः (mounted on the bull)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपसर्गवत् (with)

• उमया: with Umā (Pārvatī)
• उमया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the devotee (Siddha/dvija)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a thousand years of austerity, Śiva appears in person—mounted on Nandin (bull), accompanied by Umā—granting darśana and speaking to the devotee; a luminous theophany at the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Vṛṣabha (bull mount)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persistent tapas culminates in divine darśana; grace is depicted as the ripened fruit of steadfast practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The appearance occurs at the same kṣetra of the narrative—Camatkārapura—whose power is being celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription here; it narrates the fruition of prior vows and austerities leading to Śiva’s darśana.