Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

स्थितो वास्तुपदे रम्ये सर्वतीर्थमये शुभे । तस्य तपःप्रभावेन जातु कोपो न दृश्यते

Transliteration

sthito vāstupade ramye sarvatīrthamaye śubhe | tasya tapaḥprabhāvena jātu kopo na dṛśyate

Translation

เขาตั้งมั่นอยู่ ณ วาสตุปทอันรื่นรมย์และเป็นมงคล ซึ่งอัดแน่นด้วยแก่นแห่งตถาคตแห่งทีรถะทั้งปวง; ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งตบะของเขา จึงไม่ปรากฏความโกรธเลย

Word by Word

• स्थितः: (he) stands/has remained
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/निष्ठा), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण (to an implied subject)

• वास्तुपदे: in the Vāstu-place/site
• वास्तुपदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास्तुपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वास्तोः पदम्)

• रम्ये: pleasant, beautiful
• रम्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वास्तुपदे)

• सर्वतीर्थमये: consisting of all sacred fords
• सर्वतीर्थमये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + तीर्थ + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (सर्वाणि तीर्थानि यस्मिन्/येन मयः)

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वास्तुपदे)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of him/its)

• तपःप्रभावेन: by the power of (his) austerity
• तपःप्रभावेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तपसः प्रभावः)

• जातु: ever, at any time
• जातु: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-निपात (temporal particle)

• कोपः: anger
• कोपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृपद (of passive-like verb)

• न: not
• न: Avyaya (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• दृश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'is seen')

Speaker

Unspecified narrator voice (Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarvatīrthamaya Vāstupada (epithet)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ascetic established on a radiant sacred platform (vāstupada), surrounded by symbolic rivers/tīrthas; his face serene, with no trace of anger; aura of calm pervades animals and people nearby.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tapas purifies the mind; the sign of inner attainment is the fading of krodha (anger), especially in a sanctified tīrtha setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises a ‘sarvatīrthamaya’ spot (a place embodying all tīrthas). The specific name is not present in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it emphasizes the spiritual fruit of sustained tapas in a holy place.