Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

आश्रमान्स विमानाग्रे तिष्ठन्पत्न्यै प्रदर्शयत् । षट्कृत्तिकाश्च ददृशे पार्वती वनसन्निधौ

Transliteration

āśramānsa vimānāgre tiṣṭhanpatnyai pradarśayat | ṣaṭkṛttikāśca dadṛśe pārvatī vanasannidhau

Translation

ยืนอยู่ ณ ส่วนหน้าของวิมาน เขาชี้ให้พระชายาเห็นอาศรมทั้งหลาย ใกล้ชายป่า พระนางปารวตีจึงได้ทอดพระเนตรเห็นกฤตติกาทั้งหก

Word by Word

• आश्रमान्: hermitages
• आश्रमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (pronoun)

• विमानाग्रे: at the front of the aerial chariot
• विमानाग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विमानस्य अग्रे)

• तिष्ठन्: standing
• तिष्ठन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग — Present active participle, nominative singular masculine

• पत्न्यै: to (his) wife
• पत्न्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — Feminine, Dative, Singular

• प्रदर्शयत्: showed
• प्रदर्शयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतन-भूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect/Past, active, 3rd person singular

• षट्कृत्तिकाः: the six Kṛttikās (Pleiades)
• षट्कृत्तिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + कृत्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Plural; समासः द्विगु (षट् कृत्तिकाः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ददृशे: was seen / appeared
• ददृशे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्ष-भूत/परफेक्ट), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, middle, 3rd person singular

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वनसन्निधौ: near the forest
• वनसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वनस्य सन्निधौ)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahā-Śaravaṇa / Devanadī-tīra āśrama-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vimāna hovers above a riverbank dotted with hermitages. A divine couple stands at the front; the male figure gestures downward. Near the forest edge, six radiant female figures (Kṛttikās) appear—star-like, luminous, arranged in a gentle arc.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• vimāna
• āśrama
• Ṣaṭkṛttikāḥ (Six Kṛttikās)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are upheld by both tapas (āśramas) and divine presence; celestial beings participate in the sanctity of the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The forest-and-riverbank sacred zone around the Śaravaṇa grove on the Devanadī, now linked with the Six Kṛttikās.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse establishes sacred witnesses (āśramas and Kṛttikās) around the tīrtha.