Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
Devanagari script
साऽपि हृष्टा गता देवी यत्र तिष्ठति केशवः
Transliteration
sā'pi hṛṣṭā gatā devī yatra tiṣṭhati keśavaḥ
Translation
அந்த தேவியும் மகிழ்ந்து, கேசவன் வாசிக்கும் இடத்திற்குச் சென்றாள்.
Word by Word
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Addition/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)
हृष्टाdelighted
हृष्टा:
Kriya (State predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहृष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्तरि कृदन्त (Past active participle/intransitive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (delighted)
गताwent
गता:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्तरि कृदन्त (Past active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (relative locative adverb: where)
तिष्ठतिstands, resides
तिष्ठति:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
केशवःKeśava (Viṣṇu)
केशवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकेशव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Keśava-sannidhi within Mahālakṣmī-kṣetra (implied)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The delighted Devī departs and approaches Keśava’s abode—two sancta in one kṣetra: Mahālakṣmī moving toward a Viṣṇu shrine, suggesting reunion and abiding presence.
Characters & Entities
D
Devī (Lakṣmī/Mahālakṣmī)K
Keśava (Viṣṇu)FAQs
Grace culminates in reunion with the divine source; joy follows restoration and right order.
Not specified in the verse; it signals movement within the chapter’s sacred landscape.
None.