Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ततो वयसि संप्राप्ते पश्चिमे कालपर्ययात् । तदेवात्मीयसत्तीर्थं सेवयामास सादरम्

Transliteration

tato vayasi saṃprāpte paścime kālaparyayāt | tadevātmīyasattīrthaṃ sevayāmāsa sādaram

Translation

తర్వాత కాలపర్యాయంతో వృద్ధాప్యం వచ్చినప్పుడు, ఆమె తనకే ఆశ్రయమూ ధనమూ అయిన ఆ పవిత్ర తీర్థాన్నే భక్తితో మళ్లీ ఆశ్రయించింది।

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: कालाधिकरण (Temporal setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb)

• वयसि: in (that) age
• वयसि: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• संप्राप्ते: having arrived/when attained
• संप्राप्ते: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्राप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त/कृत)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; वयसि इति विशेषण

• पश्चिमे: in the later (stage)
• पश्चिमे: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पश्चिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; वयसि इति विशेषण

• कालपर्ययात्: due to the change/turn of time
• कालपर्ययात्: अपादान (Cause/source/ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + पर्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कालस्य पर्ययः)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• आत्मीयसत्तीर्थम्: his own sacred tīrtha
• आत्मीयसत्तीर्थम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मीय + सत् + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (आत्मीयं सत् तीर्थम् = one’s own holy tīrtha)

• सेवयामास: served/attended
• सेवयामास: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सादरम्: with respect/devotion
• सादरम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सादर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dīrghikā (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An elderly devotee-woman, calm and resolute, returning to a familiar sacred pond/temple precinct, hands folded, carrying minimal belongings, greeted by the serene waters and shrine of Hāṭakeśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Sat-tīrtha (holy ford)
• Dīrghikā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A holy place is not only visited once; consistent tīrtha-sevā—especially in life’s later stage—is praised as a dharmic refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘sat-tīrtha’ refers back to the Dīrghikā tīrtha celebrated in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Reverent resorting to/serving the tīrtha (tīrtha-sevā), implying continued worship and bathing.