Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तस्याः सख्यं चिरं कालं तया सह बभूव ह । कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य सा शक्तिस्तत्र चागता

Transliteration

tasyāḥ sakhyaṃ ciraṃ kālaṃ tayā saha babhūva ha | kasyacittvatha kālasya sā śaktistatra cāgatā

Translation

มิตรภาพของนางกับนางนั้นดำรงอยู่นาน ครั้นกาลล่วงไปบ้างแล้ว ศักติผู้นั้นก็มาถึงที่นั่นด้วย

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सख्यम्: friendship
• सख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र कर्म/भाववाचकं (friendship)

• चिरम्: for long
• चिरम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन प्रयुक्तम्; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (for a long time)

• कालम्: time (duration)
• कालम्: Karma (Extent/measure; कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कालपरिमाणे (accusative of duration)

• तया: with her
• तया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद

• बभूव: was, became
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed (expletive)
• ह: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्मरणार्थक/पादपूरण-निपात (expletive particle)

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (of some)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• शक्तिः: power; Śakti
• शक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• आगता: came, arrived
• आगता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active sense); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (puranic narrator voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-taṭa tīrtha (implied)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two companions seated near a riverbank hermitage; after a long period, a radiant feminine divine presence (Śakti) arrives—light halo, lotus motifs, attendants or subtle aura; the friends rise in reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Arundhatī (context)
• Dhārā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady satsaṅga and devotion prepare the ground for divine grace—Śakti manifests where dharma is nurtured.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name the site directly; it continues the tīrtha-centered story where Śakti’s manifestation becomes relevant.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the focus is narrative: friendship, passage of time, and the arrival of Śakti.