Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । सा तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय जगामादर्शनं ततः । सोऽपि पार्थिवशार्दूलो लेभे सर्वं तयोदितम्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | sā tatheti pratijñāya jagāmādarśanaṃ tataḥ | so'pi pārthivaśārdūlo lebhe sarvaṃ tayoditam

Translation

ସୂତ କହିଲେ—“ତଥାସ୍ତୁ” ବୋଲି ସେ ଏମିତି ପ୍ରତିଜ୍ଞା କରି ପରେ ଅଦୃଶ୍ୟ ହେଲେ। ରାଜମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ବ୍ୟାଘ୍ର ସମ ସେ ମଧ୍ୟ ତାଙ୍କ କଥାମତେ ସବୁ ପାଇଲା।

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; said

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक; adverb ‘thus/so’

• इति: saying
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक; quotative particle

• प्रतिज्ञाय: having promised
• प्रतिज्ञाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + ज्ञा (धातु) → प्रतिज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund) ‘having promised’; अव्ययभाव

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; went

• अदर्शनम्: out of sight, invisibility
• अदर्शनम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (goal/state)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Apadana/Time (Source/sequence/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक; adverb ‘then/from there’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार; particle ‘also/even’

• पार्थिवशार्दूलः: the tiger among kings (mighty king)
• पार्थिवशार्दूलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक) + शार्दूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय ‘pārthivaḥ śārdūlaḥ’ = tiger among kings

• लेभे: obtained
• लेभे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; obtained

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• तया: by her
• तया: Karta/Hetu (Agent/means/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• उदितम्: spoken (promised)
• उदितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + वद् (धातु) → उदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle) ‘said/uttered’

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (episode conclusion)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied standard frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess, after saying 'tathā', dissolves into light and vanishes; the king stands astonished, then shown receiving prosperity/boons—symbolic tokens of fulfillment.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Devī
• Nala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine words are reliable: when devotion is sincere, the promised fruit is attained.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya cycle of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is introduced; the verse confirms the efficacy of the earlier stotra and boon-granting.