Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अथ गत्वा भृगुं सोऽपि बाष्पव्याकुललोचनः । प्रोवाच गद्गदं वाक्यं प्रणिपत्य पुरःसरः

Transliteration

atha gatvā bhṛguṃ so'pi bāṣpavyākulalocanaḥ | provāca gadgadaṃ vākyaṃ praṇipatya puraḥsaraḥ

Translation

แล้วเขาก็ไปหา ภฤคุ; ดวงตาพร่าไหวด้วยน้ำตา กราบลงต่อหน้า แล้วกล่าวถ้อยคำด้วยเสียงสะอื้นติดคอ

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle) आरम्भ/अनन्तरार्थे (then/now)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √gam (धातु) → gatvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) ‘having gone’

• bhṛgum: Bhṛgu
• bhṛgum: Karma (Object/कर्म) (goal/person approached)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhṛgu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle) ‘also’

• bāṣpa-vyākula-locanaḥ: whose eyes were agitated with tears
• bāṣpa-vyākula-locanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vyākula (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि समास: ‘बाष्पेण व्याकुले लोचने यस्य सः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• provāca: said, spoke
• provāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) → provāca (तिङन्त)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• gadgadam: stammering, faltering
• gadgadam: Karma (Object/कर्म) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gadgada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; qualifying vākyam

• vākyam: speech, words
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• praṇipatya: having prostrated
• praṇipatya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु) → praṇipatya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) ‘having bowed down/prostrated’

• puraḥ-saraḥ: going before, leading
• puraḥ-saraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puraḥ (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + sara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/अव्ययीभाव-समाससदृश: ‘पुरः सरति’ → ‘going in front’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; used as qualifier

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The serpent-afflicted youth, eyes brimming with tears, approaches the venerable Bhṛgu in an āśrama; he bows low and begins to speak, voice trembling.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching a sage with humility and repentance is presented as the first step toward relief from karmic affliction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the explicit site-name appears later in the sequence (toward Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is stated here; the act emphasized is praṇipāta (prostration) as dhārmic conduct before a ṛṣi.