Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

ततस्तृप्तिं प्रगच्छामि यावद्दैवं दिनं स्थितम् । मानुषं च तथा वर्षमीदृग्रूपो व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

tatastṛptiṃ pragacchāmi yāvaddaivaṃ dinaṃ sthitam | mānuṣaṃ ca tathā varṣamīdṛgrūpo vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

Pagkatapos ay nakakamit ko ang kasiyahan habang tumatagal ang isang banal na araw, na katumbas ng isang taon ng tao; sa ganitong anyo ako nananatili.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'then/thereafter'

• tṛptim: satisfaction, satiation
• tṛptim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• pragacchāmi: I attain
• pragacchāmi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + gam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (Temporal limiter/काल-सीमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative): 'as long as/until'

• daivam: divine
• daivam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of 'दिनम्'

• dinam: day
• dinam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sthitam: lasting, remaining
• sthitam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'स्थितम्' = existing/lasting

• mānuṣam: human
• mānuṣam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of 'वर्षम्'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चय

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'likewise/so'

• varṣam: year
• varṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• īdṛk-rūpaḥ: of such a form
• īdṛk-rūpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛk (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: ईदृग्रूप (कर्मधारय: 'such-formed'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vyavasthitaḥ: remains, is situated
• vyavasthitaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + ava + sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'standing/remaining fixed'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; exact speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An afflicted speaker describes a strange rhythm: after the midnight ordeal, a calm satisfaction lasts for a ‘divine day’ and a ‘human year’; the scene juxtaposes the lamp-lit night with a symbolic wheel of time hovering behind.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puṇya-born contentment can endure beyond ordinary time, indicating the lasting spiritual potency of dharmic acts connected to tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, but this single line does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it describes the duration/measure of experienced satisfaction (tṛpti).