Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ततश्च वीक्षयामास तेन गत्वा सुकौतुकात् । यावत्कंडूविनिर्मुक्तस्तेजसा परिवारितः

Transliteration

tataśca vīkṣayāmāsa tena gatvā sukautukāt | yāvatkaṃḍūvinirmuktastejasā parivāritaḥ

Translation

அப்போது அவன் பேரார்வக் குதூகலத்துடன் அவனோடு அங்கே சென்று அந்த இடத்தை நன்கு நோக்கினான்; உடனே அவன் அரிப்பிலிருந்து விடுபட்டு, தெய்வீக ஒளித் தேஜஸால் சூழப்பட்டவனானான்।

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘then/from there’

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

• वीक्षयामास: he looked; he beheld
• वीक्षयामास: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘he looked/saw’

• तेन: by him/with him; by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-क्रियाविशेषण), ‘having gone’

• सुकौतुकात्: out of keen curiosity
• सुकौतुकात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + कौतुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणे ‘out of great curiosity’

• यावत्: until; as long as
• यावत्: Adhikarana (Temporal limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक) — ‘as long as/until’

• कण्डू-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from itching
• कण्डू-विनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कण्डू (प्रातिपदिक) + वि-निर्मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि/निष्पन्न), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘freed from itching’

• तेजसा: by radiance; by splendor
• तेजसा: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• परिवारितः: surrounded
• परिवारितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘surrounded/encircled’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhāskara-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim arrives at a secluded sun-tīrtha; upon contact with the sacred waters his itching vanishes and a halo-like radiance surrounds him, suggesting Bhāskara’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• tejas
• kaṇḍū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is experiential: purification is felt as relief from suffering and as an inner ‘tejas’ that uplifts the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same sacred kuṇḍa/tīrtha of Adhyāya 212, approached again by the beneficiary to verify the tīrtha’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it narrates the return to the tīrtha and the resulting purification.