Shloka 65 - Adhyaya 29 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Tamil | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ततो निशावशेषेऽहमुत्थाय त्वरयाऽन्वितः । कांतादुःखपरीतात्मा गतोऽरण्यं तदेव हि

Transliteration

tato niśāvaśeṣe'hamutthāya tvarayā'nvitaḥ | kāṃtāduḥkhaparītātmā gato'raṇyaṃ tadeva hi

Translation

பின்னர் இரவு சிறிதே மீதமிருக்கையில் நான் அவசரமாக எழுந்தேன். காதலியின் துயரால் நிறைந்த மனத்துடன் நான் மீண்டும் அதே காட்டிற்குச் சென்றேன்.

Word by Word

ततःthen

निशावशेषेat the remainder of the night

अहम्I

उत्थायhaving risen

त्वरयाwith haste

अन्वितःendowed (with)

कान्तादुःखपरीतात्माone whose soul was overwhelmed by sorrow for (his) beloved

गतःwent

अरण्यम्to the forest

तत्that very

एवindeed/just

हिfor/indeed

Speaker

Narrator (unnamed male speaker within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pre-dawn moment: the bereaved rises abruptly from a house, eyes red from crying, and slips back toward the dark forest, driven by longing.

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment-driven grief propels restless action; without inner anchoring, the seeker runs outward even in darkness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse alone; it continues a broader tīrthamāhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse records the narrator’s hurried return to the forest.