Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 144

Devanagari script

ताभ्यां युक्तस्तदा नंदी पृष्ठतोऽन्वगमत्सुधीः । वृषभों ह्यग्रतो भूत्वा पुष्पकेण विराजितः

Transliteration

tābhyāṃ yuktastadā naṃdī pṛṣṭhato'nvagamatsudhīḥ | vṛṣabhoṃ hyagrato bhūtvā puṣpakeṇa virājitaḥ

Translation

Então o sábio Nandī, acompanhado por eles, seguiu atrás; e o Touro (Vṛṣabha) ia à frente, resplandecente, ornado com o puṣpaka, adereço de flores.

Word by Word

• ताभ्याम्: with/by those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument) / Sahakārī
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/सह), द्विवचन

• युक्तः: joined/attended
• युक्तः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of नन्दी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• नन्दी: Nandī
• नन्दी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• पृष्ठतः: from behind/behind
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• अन्वगमत्: followed
• अन्वगमत्: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुधीः: the wise one
• सुधीः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of नन्दी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुधी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (नन्दी)

• वृषभः: the bull
• वृषभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• अग्रतः: in front
• अग्रतः: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय; अग्र + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय, स्थानवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to participle/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), ‘having become’

• पुष्पकेण: by/with the Puṣpaka (vehicle)
• पुष्पकेण: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• विराजितः: adorned, shining
• विराजितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-राज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (वृषभः/नन्दी)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nandī, wise and composed, follows with the attendants; ahead, the vṛṣabha leads, decorated with a floral ornament (puṣpaka), marking the path like an auspicious standard before Mahādeva.

Characters & Entities

• Nandī
• Vृषabha (Śiva’s bull)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Order and reverence in sacred movement: the Lord’s vahana and attendants embody disciplined devotion surrounding the divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kedārakhaṇḍa journey motif; no separate tīrtha is specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the emphasis is on auspicious adornment and devotional accompaniment.