Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ततश्च चेतनां प्राप्य कृच्छ्राच्चोत्थाय तत्क्षणात् । शिलायां ताडयामास निजांगानि शिरस्तथा

Transliteration

tataśca cetanāṃ prāpya kṛcchrāccotthāya tatkṣaṇāt | śilāyāṃ tāḍayāmāsa nijāṃgāni śirastathā

Translation

ततश्च चेतनां प्राप्य कृच्छ्राच्चोत्थाय तत्क्षणात्; शिलायां ताडयामास निजाङ्गानि शिरस्तथा॥

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (and)

• चेतनाम्: consciousness
• चेतनाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetanā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having regained
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) + प्र-; ल्यप् (क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यपन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having obtained/regained'

• कृच्छ्रात्: with difficulty
• कृच्छ्रात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛcchra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; 'कृच्छ्रात्' = कष्टेन (with difficulty)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• उत्थाय: having risen up
• उत्थाय: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + उत्-; क्त्वा (उत्थाय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having risen'

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्यय: 'तत्क्षणात्' = तत्क्षणे एव/तत्क्षणादेव (immediately)

• शिलायाम्: on a stone
• शिलायाम्: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ताडयामास: struck/beat
• ताडयामास: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tāḍ (धातु) ; ताडयामास = नामधातु/प्रयोजक-रूप (periphrastic perfect)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'ताडयामास' = ताडितवान् (struck/beat)

• निज-अङ्गानि: his own limbs
• निज-अङ्गानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: 'निजानि अङ्गानि' (one's own limbs)

• शिरः: (his) head
• शिरः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (likewise/also)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāgeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The disciple, newly conscious, staggers up and in anguish beats his limbs and head against a rock; companions recoil, and the temple/shrine stands in the background as a silent refuge.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Uncontrolled sorrow leads to self-harm; Purāṇic stories often use such moments to redirect the mind toward devotion and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Contextually tied to the Jāgeśvara section, though the verse itself narrates the disciple’s reaction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative description of distress.