Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

ततो वैराग्यमापन्नो रौद्रे तपसि संस्थितः । त्यक्त्वा गृहादिकं सर्वं स्नेहं दारसुतोद्भवम्

Transliteration

tato vairāgyamāpanno raudre tapasi saṃsthitaḥ | tyaktvā gṛhādikaṃ sarvaṃ snehaṃ dārasutodbhavam

Translation

తర్వాత వైరాగ్యాన్ని పొందిన అతడు ఘోర తపస్సులో స్థిరపడ్డాడు. గృహాది అన్నిటిని విడిచి, భార్యా-పుత్రుల వల్ల కలిగే మమకారాన్ని కూడా త్యజించాడు।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ततो-निपात (thereupon/then)

• वैराग्यम्: dispassion
• वैराग्यम्: Karma (Object with 'āpannaḥ' sense: attained)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आपन्नः: having attained / having fallen into
• आपन्नः: Karta (Predicate adjective of implied 'saḥ')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √आपद्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active/PPP in sense 'attained'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रौद्रे: fierce, severe
• रौद्रे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of tapasi)

• तपसि: in austerity
• तपसि: Adhikarana (State/condition locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• संस्थितः: was established / engaged
• संस्थितः: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √स्था with सम्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'established/engaged'

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• गृहादिकम्: home and the like
• गृहादिकम्: Karma (Object of 'tyaktvā')
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + क (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of gṛhādikam)

• स्नेहम्: affection, attachment
• स्नेहम्: Karma (Object of 'tyaktvā' understood)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दारसुतोद्भवम्: arising from wife and children
• दारसुतोद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दार (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of sneham)

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (assembly of sages, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa casts aside household tokens—staff, waterpot, simple cloth—then sits in fierce austerity under a tree, body thin, gaze steady.

Characters & Entities

• Trijāta (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is strengthened by vairāgya—loosening worldly attachment and embracing disciplined austerity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative arc, though it focuses on the ascetic’s inner turning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription of tapas (austerity) and renunciation is implied, not a specific vrata or donation.