Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

जाबालिरपि कृत्वा च पश्चात्तापमनेकधा । भूयस्तु तपसि स्थित्वा स्थितस्तत्रैव चाश्रमे

Transliteration

jābālirapi kṛtvā ca paścāttāpamanekadhā | bhūyastu tapasi sthitvā sthitastatraiva cāśrame

Translation

ฝ่ายชาบาลีเองก็สำนึกผิดนานาประการ แล้วกลับตั้งมั่นในตบะอีกครั้ง และพำนักอยู่ ณ อาศรมเดิมนั้นเอง

Word by Word

• जाबालिः: Jābāli
• जाबालिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाबालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे (particle: also/even)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyā (Gerundial prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive); पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having done)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: and)

• पश्चात्तापम्: repentance
• पश्चात्तापम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पश्चात्ताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• अनेकधा: in many ways
• अनेकधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: in many ways)

• भूयः: again/further
• भूयः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (adverb: again/further)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेष (particle: but/indeed)

• तपसि: in austerity/penance
• तपसि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/state: in austerity)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• स्थित्वा: having remained
• स्थित्वा: Kriyā (Gerundial prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having stood/remained)

• स्थितः: remained/stayed
• स्थितः: Karta (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb: there)

• एव: only/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: just/only)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jābāli, aged and austere, sits in a leaf-hut hermitage; signs of repentance—lowered gaze, folded hands—then resolute meditation posture amid a quiet forest.

Characters & Entities

• Jābāli
• Āśrama (hermitage)
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Repentance followed by renewed discipline restores one’s dharmic path—tapas becomes a means of inner correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya setting, with the sage residing in his āśrama within that sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, returning to tapas (austerity) as a corrective practice; no detailed vrata is specified.