Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्मंत्रयमाणे हि द्वारे तिष्ठति लक्ष्मणे । आगतः स तपोराशिर्दुर्वासास्तेजसां निधिः

Transliteration

tasminmaṃtrayamāṇe hi dvāre tiṣṭhati lakṣmaṇe | āgataḥ sa taporāśirdurvāsāstejasāṃ nidhiḥ

Translation

ఆ మంత్రణ జరుగుతుండగా ద్వారమున లక్ష్మణుడు నిలిచి ఉండెను; అప్పుడు తపోరాశి, తేజస్సుల నిధి అయిన దుర్వాస మహర్షి అక్కడికి వచ్చెను.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (time/situation)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मंत्रयमाणे: while (he) was deliberating
• मंत्रयमाणे: Sati-saptamī (Locative absolute/सति-सप्तमी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्रयमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; मन्त्रय्/मन्त्र् धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present participle), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; 'while (he) was consulting'

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/Reason particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: for/indeed)

• द्वारे: at the door
• द्वारे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तिष्ठति: stands
• तिष्ठति: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• लक्ष्मणे: (with) Lakṣmaṇa (standing)
• लक्ष्मणे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative: 'when/while Lakṣmaṇa (was)') / Sati-saptamī associate
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• आगतः: arrived
• आगतः: Karta (Subject descriptor/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तपोराशिः: a heap of austerity (great ascetic)
• तपोराशिः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्-राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tapasāṃ rāśiḥ)

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तेजसाम्: of splendors, of energies
• तेजसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• निधिः: treasure, repository
• निधिः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Ayodhyā’s palace-gate, Lakṣmaṇa stands vigilant while inside counsel proceeds; Durvāsā arrives radiant with ascetic fire, his presence filling the doorway with heat and urgency.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Durvāsā
• Rāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma can present conflicting duties—protecting a vow and honoring a powerful guest—requiring discernment and sacrifice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly; it narrates the circumstances that culminate in the Sahasradhārā tīrtha episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the dharma of atithi-satkāra (honoring a visiting sage) is invoked by Durvāsā’s arrival.