Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

ततश्चाऽराधयामास दिवारात्रमतंद्रितः । सपुत्रः श्रद्धया युक्तः संप्राप्तश्च परां गतिम्

Transliteration

tataścā'rādhayāmāsa divārātramataṃdritaḥ | saputraḥ śraddhayā yuktaḥ saṃprāptaśca parāṃ gatim

Translation

จากนั้นเขาบูชาอาราธนาไม่หยุดยั้งทั้งกลางวันและกลางคืน; พร้อมบุตรและประกอบด้วยศรัทธา เขาก็บรรลุคติอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; ततोऽर्थक (thereafter/from then)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक

• आराधयामास: worshipped / propitiated
• आराधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु) [णिच्] → आराधयामास
• Form: लकारः—लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect); पुरुषः—प्रथम; वचनम्—एकवचनम्; पदम्—परस्मैपदम्; धातुः—राध् (णिच् causative: आराधय-)

• दिवारात्रम्: day and night
• दिवारात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवा-रात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनम्; समासः—द्वन्द्वः (दिवा च रात्रिश्च)

• अतन्द्रितः: untiring / unwearied
• अतन्द्रितः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तन्द्रित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (सः/मृकण्डः); समासः—नञ्-तत्पुरुषः (तन्द्रा नास्ति यस्य)

• सपुत्रः: with (his) son
• सपुत्रः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कर्ता); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पुत्रेण सह)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचनम्

• युक्तः: joined/endowed
• युक्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कर्ता)

• संप्राप्तः: attained
• संप्राप्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचनम्; (अत्र ‘प्राप्तवान्’ इत्यर्थे)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक

• पराम्: supreme
• पराम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (गतिम्)

• गतिम्: goal/state
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचनम्

Speaker

Deductive (Narrative voice within Tīrthamāhātmya; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mṛkaṇḍu and his son in continuous worship—day and night—before the installed Pitāmaha: lamps at dusk, dawn light, repeated offerings; their faces serene as they attain the supreme state.

Characters & Entities

• Mṛkaṇḍu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, tireless devotion performed with faith—especially at a tīrtha—culminates in the highest spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of Adhyāya 21 (Bālasakhya-tīrtha context), where worship yields ‘parā gati’.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous ārādhana (worship/propitiation) carried out day and night with śraddhā.