Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तत्र पूर्वं तपस्तेपे धन्वं तरिरुदारधीः । ववन्दे तपसा युक्तो ध्यायमानः समाहितः

Transliteration

tatra pūrvaṃ tapastepe dhanvaṃ tarirudāradhīḥ | vavande tapasā yukto dhyāyamānaḥ samāhitaḥ

Translation

กาลก่อน ณที่นั้น พระธันวันตริผู้มีจิตอันประเสริฐได้บำเพ็ญตบะ ครั้นประกอบด้วยตบะ มีวินัย มุ่งมั่นในฌาน และตั้งมั่นสงบแล้ว จึงนอบน้อมบูชาด้วยความเคารพ

Word by Word

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

• pūrvam: formerly/earlier
• pūrvam: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• tapaḥ: austerity/penance
• tapaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tepe: performed (austerity)
• tepe: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tap (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• dhanvantariḥ: Dhanvantari
• dhanvantariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanvantari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• udāra-dhīḥ: of noble intellect
• udāra-dhīḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udāra (प्रातिपदिक) + dhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (उदारः धिः यस्य)

• vavande: bowed/worshipped
• vavande: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vand (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• tapasā: by austerity
• tapasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन

• yuktaḥ: endowed/engaged
• yuktaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yuj (धातु) → yukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP)

• dhyāyamānaḥ: meditating
• dhyāyamānaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhyai (धातु) → dhyāyamāna (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; शानच्/मान-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle, Ātmanepada sense)

• samāhitaḥ: composed/collected (in mind)
• samāhitaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु) → samāhita (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhanvantari-kund/vāpī (site of tapas)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhanvantari as an austere, noble figure seated in meditation near a sacred water-source, hands in reverent gesture, surrounded by a quiet grove; the atmosphere is still and charged with tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanvantari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady tapas and focused meditation prepare the devotee to receive divine favor and reveal the greatness of a sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred kuṇḍa (pond) introduced in this Adhyāya, later described as granting healing through devotional bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes tapas, dhyāna, and reverent worship as the foundation.