Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 195

Devanagari script

वत्सोनाम न सन्देहः स त्वं यः कीर्तितो मम । सुव्रतेन विमानं मे पश्यैतदुपसर्पति

Transliteration

vatsonāma na sandehaḥ sa tvaṃ yaḥ kīrtito mama | suvratena vimānaṃ me paśyaitadupasarpati

Translation

นามของเจ้าคือ วัตสะ—ปราศจากข้อสงสัย; เจ้าคือผู้นั้นที่ข้าได้เอ่ยถึง ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งพรตอันประเสริฐของเจ้า จงดูเถิด: วิมานทิพย์ของข้ากำลังเคลื่อนเข้ามาใกล้ ณ ที่นี้

Word by Word

• वत्सः: Vatsa (name)
• वत्सः: कर्ता/विषय (Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• नाम: by name
• नाम: निपात (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नामार्थक-निपातः (particle: ‘by name’)

• न: not/no
• न: निपात (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निषेध-निपातः (negation)

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: कर्ता/विषय (Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सः: he/that
• सः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: कर्ता (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• कीर्तितः: praised/mentioned
• कीर्तितः: कर्तृविशेषण (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √कीर्त् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (praised/mentioned)

• मम: by me/of me
• मम: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• सुव्रतेन: by Suvrata
• सुव्रतेन: करण (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्

• विमानम्: a celestial chariot
• विमानम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; (enclitic)

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• उपसर्पति: approaches
• उपसर्पति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√सृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

The brāhmaṇa (addressing Vatsa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage identifies the devotee as ‘Vatsa’; in the sky above the reservoir, a radiant vimāna descends, casting golden light on the water and the gathered figures.

Characters & Entities

• Vatsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sincere vrata (holy observance) is portrayed as generating visible, auspicious spiritual results and divine affirmation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha locale where vows and mantra-practice bear fruit; the text highlights the place through miraculous narrative markers like the vimāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references a suvrata (noble vow/observance) as the enabling cause, without specifying its detailed procedure.