Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

तत्सर्वं दर्शयित्वाथ कुशाय सुमहात्मने । कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं पश्चात्प्रणाममकरोद्द्विजाः

Transliteration

tatsarvaṃ darśayitvātha kuśāya sumahātmane | kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ paścātpraṇāmamakaroddvijāḥ

Translation

وہ سب کچھ مہان آتما کوشا کو دکھا کر، دِوِج نے پہلے اس کی پرَدَکشِنا کی، پھر بعد ازاں عقیدت سے سجدۂ تعظیم کیا۔

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम, ‘that’

• sarvam: all, entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• darśayitvā: having shown
• darśayitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्) + tumun/ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); धातु: √dṛś ‘to see’ → causative darśayati ‘to show’; अर्थः—‘having shown’

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भबोधक निपात (‘then/thereupon’)

• kuśāya: to Kuśa
• kuśāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• su-mahātmane: to the very noble one
• su-mahātmane: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; उपपद-विशेषण (‘very great-souled’)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having done/made’

• pradakṣiṇam: circumambulation
• pradakṣiṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pradakṣiṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मपद (circumambulation as act)

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal adverbial/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (‘afterwards’)

• praṇāmam: salutation, obeisance
• praṇāmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: praṇāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• akarot: did, performed
• akarot: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘did/made’

• dvijāḥ: the twice-born (Brahmins)
• dvijāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa, after displaying offerings, walks clockwise around the venerable Kuśa and then bows fully, hands joined, in a quiet sacred enclosure.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to the righteous—expressed through pradakṣiṇā and praṇāma—is presented as a concrete form of dharma within tīrtha narratives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 104); the snippet itself emphasizes ritual reverence rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pradakṣiṇā (circumambulation) followed by praṇāma (bowing/prostration).