Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तप उग्रं समास्थाय वर्तंते हिमपर्वते । आनर्ताधिपतेर्दानाद्भीतास्तत्र समागताः

Transliteration

tapa ugraṃ samāsthāya vartaṃte himaparvate | ānartādhipaterdānādbhītāstatra samāgatāḥ

Translation

ด้วยตั้งมั่นในตบะอันเข้มกล้า พวกเขาพำนักอยู่บนภูเขาหิมะ (หิมาลัย) ครั้นหวาดหวั่นต่อทาน (และอำนาจ) ของเจ้าแห่งอานรตะ จึงมาชุมนุมกัน ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन (कर्मरूपेण; 'तपः' as object of समास्थाय)

• उग्रम्: fierce, severe
• उग्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; तपः-विशेषण

• समास्थाय: having undertaken
• समास्थाय: Sambandha (Gerundial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); √स्था with उपसर्ग सम्+आ; 'having undertaken'

• वर्तन्ते: they live/abide, they proceed
• वर्तन्ते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• हिमपर्वते: on/in the हिमपर्वत (Himalaya/mountain of snow)
• हिमपर्वते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम-पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• आनर्ताधिपतेः: of the lord of Ānarta
• आनर्ताधिपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनर्त-अधिपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• दानात्: from (his) gift; because of the donation
• दानात्: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादान (ablative of cause/source)

• भीताः: afraid
• भीताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीत (कृदन्त; √भी (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; 'frightened'

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

• समागताः: having come together, assembled
• समागताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle) used predicatively; पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (within Śakra–Viṣṇu dialogue narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of austere brāhmaṇas practicing fierce tapas on the Himalaya; they gather together, alarmed by the gifts/authority of the lord of Ānarta.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Ānarta
• Ānartādhipati (king of Ānarta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic tīrtha sections often ground ritual merit in narrative: tapas, royal power, and fear drive beings toward sanctified refuges.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya context; the verse itself references the Himālaya as a setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it introduces a narrative backdrop involving tapas and dāna.