Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

अथाऽयाताश्च तं बालं सर्वे ते मुनि सत्तमाः । आगत्य वसुधापृष्ठं तस्यैवाश्रमसंनिधौ

Transliteration

athā'yātāśca taṃ bālaṃ sarve te muni sattamāḥ | āgatya vasudhāpṛṣṭhaṃ tasyaivāśramasaṃnidhau

Translation

Затем все те первейшие мудрецы подошли к тому мальчику; и, достигнув поверхности земли, возле того самого ашрама, они опустили его там.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• āyātāḥ: having come / arrived
• āyātāḥ: Karta (Agent as participial subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-yā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (having come/arrived)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• tam: that (him)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bālam: boy, child
• bālam: Karma (Object/apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; (tam इति विशेष्य)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण (qualifying te)

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• muni-sattamāḥ: the best sages
• muni-sattamāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्रेष्ठाः मुनयः)

• āgatya: having come
• āgatya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having come

• vasudhā-pṛṣṭham: the surface of the earth
• vasudhā-pṛṣṭham: Karma (Object/goal of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasudhā (प्रातिपदिक) + pṛṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vasudhāyāḥ pṛṣṭham)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/only)

• āśrama-saṃnidhau: near the hermitage
• āśrama-saṃnidhau: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃnidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (āśramasya saṃnidhau)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha (contextual proximity)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of radiant sages, travel-worn yet luminous, arrive carrying or escorting a young boy; they gently set him down on the earth near a hermitage clearing.

Characters & Entities

• muni-sattamāḥ (foremost sages)
• bāla (the boy)
• āśrama (hermitage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are approached through the guidance of realized sages; sacred geography is entered with humility and care.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is situated in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya stream and leads into the context of Agnitīrtha mentioned in the next verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; it narrates the sages’ arrival and placement of the boy near the hermitage.