Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

एवं संचिंत्य मनसा तावुभौ प्रत्यभाषत । गम्यतां स्वगृहं कृत्वा तपसः संनिवर्तनम्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃciṃtya manasā tāvubhau pratyabhāṣata | gamyatāṃ svagṛhaṃ kṛtvā tapasaḥ saṃnivartanam

Translation

ఇలా మనసులో ఆలోచించి అతడు వారిద్దరితో అన్నాడు—“ఇప్పుడు మీ స్వగృహానికి వెళ్లండి; ఈ తపస్సును యథావిధిగా ముగించండి.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारबोधक (adverb: 'thus')

• संचिन्त्य: having reflected
• संचिन्त्य: Kriya-visheshana (Conjunctive action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-cint (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (having thought/considered)

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन (Instr. sg.)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा द्विवचन (Nom. du.); सर्वनाम

• उभौ: both
• उभौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा द्विवचन (Nom. du.); विशेषण

• प्रत्यभाषत: he replied/spoke in return
• प्रत्यभाषत: Karta (Action/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prati-√bhāṣ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन-भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गम्यताम्: go (please)/let (us) go
• गम्यताम्: Vidhi (Injunctive/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद/कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative: 'let it be gone/you should go')

• स्वगृहम्: to (your/our) own house
• स्वगृहम्: Gati/Karma (Goal/object/गत्यर्थक-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya-visheshana (Conjunctive action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (having done/made)

• तपसः: of austerity
• तपसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (Gen. sg.)

• संनिवर्तनम्: cessation/return from (the) penance
• संनिवर्तनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃnivartana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (Acc. sg.); क्रियावाचक-नाम (act of returning/cessation)

Speaker

Gautama (implied by immediate narrative continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A senior figure, after inward reflection, gently instructs the frail pair to return home and bring the austerity to a proper close.

Characters & Entities

• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas should be undertaken with discernment and concluded at the right time under proper guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage leads into the glorification and eventual vision of Hāṭakeśvara, a Śiva-tīrtha described in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse mentions the cessation/conclusion of tapas (austerity), implying regulated ascetic practice rather than an explicit rite like snāna or dāna.