Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

ततश्चाराधयामास दिवारात्रमतंद्रितः

Transliteration

tataścārādhayāmāsa divārātramataṃdritaḥ

Translation

پھر وہ بے تھکا اور ثابت قدم ہو کر دن رات عبادت و پوجا میں لگا رہا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: 'then/from there'

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction 'and'

• आराधयामास: worshipped; propitiated
• आराधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद) = Perfect; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• दिवारात्रम्: day and night
• दिवारात्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिव + रात्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास (दिव + रात्रि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् = used adverbially 'day and night'

• अतन्द्रितः: untiring; unwearied
• अतन्द्रितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतन्द्रित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषण = adjective 'untiring' (qualifies implied subject)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone devotee at a sacred seat/altar, lamp burning through the night, offering flowers and water repeatedly without fatigue.

Characters & Entities

• Citrāṅgada (implied)
• Śiva (implied object of worship)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast, continuous devotion (ataṃdrita ārādhana) is upheld as the ideal way to activate the sanctity of a tīrtha and deepen divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the chapter’s local tīrtha narrative but does not name the site; it highlights the sanctification of place through sustained worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous ārādhana (regular worship) performed day and night.