Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य नारदस्य पितामहः । पुष्करस्य कृते जातश्चिन्ताव्याकु लतेंद्रियः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya nāradasya pitāmahaḥ | puṣkarasya kṛte jātaścintāvyāku lateṃdriyaḥ

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับถ้อยคำของนารทแล้ว ปิตามหะ (พระพรหม) ก็เกิดความกังวลเพื่อปุษกระ อินทรีย์ทั้งหลายถูกรบกวนด้วยความห่วงใย

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + ktvā (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: श्रु-धातोः क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• vacanam: speech/statement
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• nāradasya: of Nārada
• nāradasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• pitāmahaḥ: the grandsire (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• puṣkarasya: of Puṣkara
• puṣkarasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• kṛte: for the sake of
• kṛte: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; 'कृते' इति हेत्वर्थे/प्रयोजनार्थे (for the sake of)

• jātaḥ: became
• jātaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: जन्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भाव ('became')

• cintā-vyākula-indriyaḥ: whose senses were agitated by चिंता (anxiety)
• cintā-vyākula-indriyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cintā (प्रातिपदिक) + vyākula (प्रातिपदिक) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (अर्थ: 'चिन्तया व्याकुलानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य'—अर्थतः बहुव्रीह्यर्थे प्रयोगः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa) reporting the scene

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame, typical)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (Pitāmaha) on a lotus, hearing Nārada; his four faces show concern; attendants pause; a vision of Puṣkara lake appears like a mirror in the air, threatened by a dark Kali haze; Brahmā’s hand moves as if to decree protection.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
• Puṣkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great tīrthas are treated as living centers of dharma; protecting their sanctity is a divine concern, not merely human.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-tīrtha, famed as Brahmā’s sacred place, becomes the focus of concern and forthcoming praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it signals the shift toward Puṣkara-related dharma and tīrtha practice.