Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अपश्यद्रोमकंनाम स मुनि संशितव्रतम् । तपोवीर्यसमोपेतं सर्वसत्त्वानुकम्पकम्

Transliteration

apaśyadromakaṃnāma sa muni saṃśitavratam | tapovīryasamopetaṃ sarvasattvānukampakam

Translation

கடுமையான விரதங்களைக் கொண்டவரும், தவ வலிமை மிக்கவரும், அனைத்து உயிர்களிடத்தும் கருணை கொண்டவருமான ரோமகர் என்ற முனிவரை அவர் கண்டார்.

Word by Word

• अपश्यत्: saw
• अपश्यत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• रोमकम्: Romaka (name of a sage)
• रोमकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable particle meaning ‘by name/namely’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• मुनिम्: sage
• मुनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• संशितव्रतम्: of strict vows
• संशितव्रतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित-व्रत (प्रातिपदिक; √शा/शि ‘to sharpen/discipline’ + व्रत)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समास; विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with मुनिम्)

• तपोवीर्यसमोपेतम्: endowed with ascetic power
• तपोवीर्यसमोपेतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस्-वीर्य-समुपेत (प्रातिपदिक; √इ ‘to go’ with सम्+उप, past participle उपेत)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तपसा वीर्येण च समुपेतः); विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with मुनिम्)

• सर्वसत्त्वानुकम्पकम्: compassionate to all beings
• सर्वसत्त्वानुकम्पकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-सत्त्व-अनुकम्पक (प्रातिपदिक; √कम्प् with अनु, ‘to feel compassion’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with मुनिम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant ascetic named Romaka, austere yet gentle, seated in a forest-hermitage near a sacred waterbody; animals and birds appear unafraid, signaling universal compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Romaka (sage)
• Candra (Moon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True spiritual authority is shown by disciplined vows and compassion; such sages become living tīrthas who guide the afflicted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The meeting occurs in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra setting established in the preceding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes vrata (disciplined vow) and tapas as spiritual qualifications.