Shloka 34 - Adhyaya 90 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Thai | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा तैः सुरैः सर्वैः शमीगर्भः स तत्क्षणात् । वेष्टितः पावकोऽप्याशु शुकं शप्त्वा विनिर्गतः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā taiḥ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ śamīgarbhaḥ sa tatkṣaṇāt | veṣṭitaḥ pāvako'pyāśu śukaṃ śaptvā vinirgataḥ

Translation

ครั้นได้ฟังดังนั้น เหล่าเทพทั้งปวงก็ล้อมครรภ์แห่งต้นชมีในทันที และปาวกะ (อัคนี) ก็รีบปรากฏออกมา หลังจากสาปศุกะแล้ว

Word by Word

तत्that

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

तैःby them

सुरैःby the gods

सर्वैःby all

शमीगर्भःthe śamī-hollow (fire in it) / śamī-womb

सःhe/it

तत्क्षणात्immediately

वेष्टितःwas wrapped/encircled

पावकःfire

अपिalso, even

आशुquickly

शुकम्the parrot

शप्त्वाhaving cursed

विनिर्गतःwent out, emerged

Speaker

Narrator (continuation of Śuka’s account within the dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agni-prādurbhāva at Śamī-garbha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas surround the śamī’s interior; Agni bursts forth swiftly in a flare of light, and in anger he curses the parrot who revealed him.

Characters & Entities

Devas

Agni (Pāvaka)

Śuka

Śamī tree

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine forces respond to cosmic order and accusation; speech and disclosure can trigger consequences, including curses that shape destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-setting centered on the śamī’s interior and the aśvattha where Agni was hidden.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse records a turning point (Agni’s emergence and curse) in the tīrtha narrative.