Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

तत्सर्वं दर्शयित्वाथ कुशाय सुमहात्मने । कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं पश्चात्प्रणाममकरोद्द्विजाः

Transliteration

tatsarvaṃ darśayitvātha kuśāya sumahātmane | kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ paścātpraṇāmamakaroddvijāḥ

Translation

ครั้นแสดงสิ่งทั้งปวงนั้นแด่กุศะผู้มีมหาจิตแล้ว พราหมณ์ผู้เป็นทวิชะได้เวียนประทักษิณา และภายหลังจึงกราบนอบน้อมด้วยศรัทธา

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम, ‘that’

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• darśayitvā: having shown
• darśayitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + tumun/ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); धातु: √dṛś ‘to see’ → causative darśayati ‘to show’; अर्थः—‘having shown’

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भबोधक निपात (‘then/thereupon’)

• kuśāya: to Kuśa
• kuśāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• su-mahātmane: to the very noble one
• su-mahātmane: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; उपपद-विशेषण (‘very great-souled’)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having done/made’

• pradakṣiṇam: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद (circumambulation as act)

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (‘afterwards’)

• praṇāmam: salutation, obeisance
• praṇāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• akarot: did, performed
• akarot: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘did/made’

• dvijāḥ: the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa, after displaying offerings, walks clockwise around the venerable Kuśa and then bows fully, hands joined, in a quiet sacred enclosure.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to the righteous—expressed through pradakṣiṇā and praṇāma—is presented as a concrete form of dharma within tīrtha narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 104); the snippet itself emphasizes ritual reverence rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) followed by praṇāma (bowing/prostration).