Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्र उवाच । मृगयायां परिश्रांतः पिपासाव्याकुलेन्द्रियः । पानार्थमिह संप्राप्त आश्रमे ते मुनीश्वर

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca | mṛgayāyāṃ pariśrāṃtaḥ pipāsāvyākulendriyaḥ | pānārthamiha saṃprāpta āśrame te munīśvara

Translation

Вишвамитра сказал: «Изнурённый охотой и томимый жаждой, я пришёл в твой ашрам, о владыка среди мудрецов, чтобы попросить воды для питья».

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• मृगयायाम्: in the hunt
• मृगयायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिश्रान्तः: exhausted
• परिश्रान्तः: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-श्रान्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; श्रम् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• पिपासा: by thirst
• पिपासा: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिपासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd) (समासपूर्वपदत्वे अव्यक्तविभक्ति), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्याकुल: disturbed, agitated
• व्याकुल: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular) (समासान्तर्गत)

• इन्द्रियः: (one whose) senses
• इन्द्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular) (समासान्तर्गत)

• पानार्थम्: for drinking
• पानार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); प्रयोजनार्थ (for the purpose of drinking)

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• संप्राप्तः: arrived
• संप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject attribute/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; आप् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मुनीश्वर: O lord of sages
• मुनीश्वर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra, dusty and tired from hunting, approaches the sage with folded hands; attendants and hunting gear remain subdued; a water vessel and shaded grove signal relief.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Vasiṣṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Need and humility open the path to dharmic support; approaching a sage’s āśrama for relief becomes a step toward inner refinement.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The hermitage of Vasiṣṭha functions as the sacred locus; the verse itself does not name a wider tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a request for drinking water.