Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एवं संचिन्त्य चित्तेन बहुधा तीक्ष्णदीधितिः । जगाम मनसा भीतः सोऽगस्त्यं मुनिपुंगवम्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃcintya cittena bahudhā tīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ | jagāma manasā bhītaḥ so'gastyaṃ munipuṃgavam

Translation

ครั้นใคร่ครวญดังนี้นานาประการด้วยจิต พระสุริยเทพผู้มีรัศมีคมกล้า ครั่นคร้ามในหทัย จึงหันดวงใจไปสู่พระฤๅษีอคัสตยะ ผู้เป็นยอดแห่งมุนี

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• संचिन्त्य: having thought
• संचिन्त्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+चिन्त् (धातु) → संचिन्त्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having reflected)

• चित्तेन: with (his) mind
• चित्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• बहुधा: in many ways
• बहुधा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (in many ways)

• तीक्ष्णदीधितिः: the sharp-rayed one (Sun)
• तीक्ष्णदीधितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + दीधिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (तीक्ष्णा दीधितिः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → जगाम
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मनसा: by mind, mentally
• मनसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• भीतः: afraid
• भीतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भी (धातु) → भीत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तीक्ष्णदीधितिः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अगस्त्यम्: Agastya
• अगस्त्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मुनिपुंगवम्: the foremost of sages
• मुनिपुंगवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (मुनिषु पुंगवः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अगस्त्यस्य विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastya-āśrama (invoked)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya, rays sharp yet subdued by fear, closes his eyes; a luminous thought-form of Agastya appears—small in stature, radiant with tapas, seated by a riverbank with kamandalu and staff.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Tīkṣṇadīdhiti)
• Agastya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When order is threatened, refuge is sought in realized sages; rishis embody dharma that stabilizes the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agastya’s āśrama tradition is invoked as part of sacred geography; the verse prepares for the āśrama locale mentioned next.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.