Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । एतस्मिन्नगरे तत्र क्षीरसागरमध्यतः । उज्जहार विमानाग्रे तेजोभाराभिपीडितः

Transliteration

brahmovāca | etasminnagare tatra kṣīrasāgaramadhyataḥ | ujjahāra vimānāgre tejobhārābhipīḍitaḥ

Translation

พระพรหมตรัสว่า: ณ นครนั้น จากท่ามกลางเกษีรสาคร (มหาสมุทรน้ำนม) เขาได้ชักนำมันออกมาวางไว้ ณ ส่วนหน้าของวิมาน—ถูกกดทับด้วยน้ำหนักแห่งรัศมีอันรุ่งโรจน์

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Masculine, Nom, Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (Locative, Singular; adjective/pronoun)

• नगरे: in the city
• नगरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• क्षीरसागरमध्यतः: from the middle of the Milk Ocean
• क्षीरसागरमध्यतः: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षीर + सागर + मध्य + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘from the middle’)

• उज्जहार: brought out; drew forth
• उज्जहार: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम् (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)

• विमानाग्रे: at the front/top of the aerial car
• विमानाग्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• तेजोभाराभिपीडितः: oppressed by the weight of radiance
• तेजोभाराभिपीडितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तेजस् + भार + अभि + पीडित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पीड् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्तः (क्त), ‘पीडित’ = oppressed (Masculine, Nom, Singular; past participle)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā narrates as a radiant substance or deity-form is lifted from the Milk Ocean and placed at the front of a shining vimāna; the brilliance is so heavy it seems to press down the vehicle’s prow.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Kṣīrasāgara (Ocean of Milk)
• Vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are framed through cosmic imagery, showing divine power manifesting in geography and pilgrimage narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse situates the episode in ‘this city’ and the Kṣīrasāgara mythic realm; the precise city/tīrtha name is not given in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is narrative setup for a tīrtha legend.