Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्त्रैलोक्यदीपको हरः । अन्तर्धानं गतो विप्रा यथा दीपोऽत्र तत्क्षणात्

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstrailokyadīpako haraḥ | antardhānaṃ gato viprā yathā dīpo'tra tatkṣaṇāt

Translation

สูตะกล่าวว่า: ครั้นตรัสดังนี้แล้ว พระภควานหระ ผู้เป็นประทีปแห่งไตรโลก โอ้พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย ก็อันตรธานหายไปในบัดดล ดุจประทีปที่นี่ดับลงฉับพลัน

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta
• सूतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

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

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्य-दीपकः: lamp of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्य-दीपकः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दीपक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रैलोक्यस्य दीपकः)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अन्तर्धानम्: disappearance, invisibility
• अन्तर्धानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्धान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• गतः: went/entered
• गतः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having gone)

• विप्राः: O brāhmaṇas
• विप्राः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), बहुवचन

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/तुलनावाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• दीपः: a lamp
• दीपः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तत्-क्षणात्: in that very instant, immediately
• तत्-क्षणात्: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग (immediately); तत्पुरुष (तस्मात् क्षणात्)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Niṣadhā-purī Śiva-sannidhāna (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hara, radiant like a cosmic lamp, finishes speaking; in the next instant his form dissolves into light, leaving the brāhmaṇas astonished, as if a lamp has been snuffed out.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Hara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence may appear and withdraw instantly; therefore one should value instruction and darśana when it is granted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / Naleśvara Māhātmya stream of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it narrates Śiva’s sudden disappearance after speaking.