Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

एवं चितयमानस्य मम नित्यं महीपते । अवांतरेण संजातं ब्रह्मलोकप्रयाणकम्

Transliteration

evaṃ citayamānasya mama nityaṃ mahīpate | avāṃtareṇa saṃjātaṃ brahmalokaprayāṇakam

Translation

ఓ రాజా, నేను నిత్యం ఇలానే ఆలోచిస్తూ ఉండగా, అంతలోనే నాకు బ్రహ్మలోకానికి ప్రయాణించే సందర్భం కలిగింది।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — thus/in this manner

• चितयमानस्य: of (one) thinking
• चितयमानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चित्/चिन्त् (धातु) + शानच् (शतृ-सम)
• Form: कृदन्त (वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त, आत्मनेपदी) — पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘of (me) thinking/pondering’

• मम: of me
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — my/of me

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Sambandha (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — always

• महीपते: O king
• महीपते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — तत्पुरुष (मही + पति) ; O king

• अवांतरेण: meanwhile
• अवांतरेण: Sambandha (Temporal interval)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अवांतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययभावे तृतीया-एकवचनप्रयोगः (करण/उपपद) — in the meantime/meanwhile

• संजातम्: arose/occurred
• संजातम्: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त) — नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘arisen/occurred’

• ब्रह्मलोकप्रयाणकम्: a journey to Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकप्रयाणकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रयाणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मलोकस्य प्रयाणकम् = journey to Brahmaloka)

Speaker

King / elder narrator addressing another king (vocative ‘mahīpate’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmaloka (as gati-phala, not a terrestrial tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (māhīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The speaker, still contemplating his plan, is suddenly met by signs of departure—celestial messengers or a luminous path—indicating imminent ascent to Brahmaloka; the king-listener is addressed directly.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even well-intended dhārmic plans are subject to time; one should complete meritorious acts without delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific earthly tīrtha is named; the verse shifts focus to the heavenly realm of Brahmaloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it notes an impending departure to Brahmaloka, implying fruition of prior merit.