Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

कृत्वाऽश्रमपदं रम्यं स्वकलत्रसमन्वितः । संप्राप्तश्च परां सिद्धिं कालेन द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

kṛtvā'śramapadaṃ ramyaṃ svakalatrasamanvitaḥ | saṃprāptaśca parāṃ siddhiṃ kālena dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

Ó melhores entre os duas-vezes-nascidos, tendo estabelecido um eremitério encantador junto com sua rainha, ele alcançou, com o tempo, a mais alta realização espiritual.

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय/gerund)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• आश्रमपदम्: a hermitage-site/abode
• आश्रमपदम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (आश्रमस्य पदम्/स्थानम्)

• रम्यम्: beautiful
• रम्यम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वकलत्रसमन्वितः: accompanied by his own wife
• स्वकलत्रसमन्वितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + कलत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP from अनु+इ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः

• संप्राप्तः: attained
• संप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+प्र+आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त/PPP)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सिद्धिम्: attainment/perfection
• सिद्धिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कालेन: in time/with time
• कालेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/means; here 'in due course of time')
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense though form is nominative plural)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारयः (श्रेष्ठा द्विजाः)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing brāhmaṇas: “dvijasattamāḥ”; specific named speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattamāḥ (vocative in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A charming hermitage with thatched huts, sacred fire, and flowering trees near a tīrtha; the royal couple now in ascetic attire performs rituals and meditation, with a subtle aura indicating attainment of higher siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• dvija (brāhmaṇa audience)
• āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained tapas supported by a disciplined āśrama-life at a sacred place culminates in higher siddhi over time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hermitage is established at the chapter’s celebrated Viśvāmitra-jala tīrtha region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Āśrama-nirmāṇa (setting up a hermitage) and continued tapas as an ongoing observance rather than a single rite.