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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततश्चैव जलाहारस्तावन्मात्रं व्यवस्थितः । कालं स वायुभक्षश्च ततश्चैवायुतं समाः सूत उवाच । अथ दृष्ट्वा तपःशक्तिं तस्य तां त्रिदशाधिपः । पातायष्यति मां नूनमेष स्थानान्नृपोत्तमः

Transliteration

tataścaiva jalāhārastāvanmātraṃ vyavasthitaḥ | kālaṃ sa vāyubhakṣaśca tataścaivāyutaṃ samāḥ sūta uvāca | atha dṛṣṭvā tapaḥśaktiṃ tasya tāṃ tridaśādhipaḥ | pātāyaṣyati māṃ nūnameṣa sthānānnṛpottamaḥ

Translation

پھر وہ اتنے ہی عرصے تک صرف پانی پر قائم رہا؛ اس کے بعد وہ ہوا کو غذا بنا کر دس ہزار برس تک تپسیا میں لگا رہا۔ سوتا نے کہا: اس کی ریاضت کی عظیم طاقت دیکھ کر دیوتاؤں کے سردار نے سوچا، “یہ برتر راجا یقیناً مجھے میرے منصب سے گرا دے گا۔”

Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (indeclinable adverb): ‘thereafter/then’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’
evaindeed, just
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle/emphatic): ‘indeed/just’
jalāhāraḥwater-diet (subsisting on water)
jalāhāraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjala (प्रातिपदिक) + āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जलस्य आहारः)
tāvat-mātramonly that much
tāvat-mātram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottāvat (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘so much only’)
vyavasthitaḥwas established/maintained
vyavasthitaḥ:
Karta (Predicate to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi + ava + √sthā (स्था धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; ‘settled/established’
kālamfor a time
kālam:
Karma (Extent/कर्म-परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; काल-परिमाण (duration)
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
vāyu-bhakṣaḥair-eater (living on air)
vāyu-bhakṣaḥ:
Karta (Predicate noun/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वायोः भक्षः)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb): ‘then/thereafter’
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction)
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (emphatic particle)
āyutamten thousand
āyutam:
Karma (Extent/कर्म-परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootāyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्या-शब्दः (ten thousand)
samāḥyears
samāḥ:
Karta (Measure/कर्ता-परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootsamā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘years’
sūtaḥSūta
sūtaḥ:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; वक्ता
uvācasaid
uvāca:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (वच् धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
athathen
atha:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (discourse particle): ‘then/now’
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Root√dṛś (दृश् धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त्वा/absolutive), ‘having seen’
tapaḥ-śaktimpower of austerity
tapaḥ-śaktim:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तपसः शक्तिः)
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of him’
tāmthat
tām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘that (her/it)’
tridaśādhipaḥlord of the gods (Indra)
tridaśādhipaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottri-daśa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिदशानाम् अधिपः)
pātāyaṣyatiwill make (me) fall
pātāyaṣyati:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√pat (पत् धातु) + ā + √yaṣ (यष्/यास्? causative desiderative formation)
Formलृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; देसिदेरटिव/प्रेरणार्थ-प्रयोगः (desiderative/causative nuance): ‘will cause to fall / will make fall’
māmme
mām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootasmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
nūnamsurely
nūnam:
Sambandha (Modal/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootnūnam (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle of certainty): ‘surely’
eṣaḥthis (man)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘this’
sthānātfrom (his) position
sthānāt:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootsthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन
nṛpa-uttamaḥthe best of kings
nṛpa-uttamaḥ:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛpa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘best king’)
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied Purāṇic frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone ascetic-king in severe penance: first with a water-pot, later motionless in wind-sustenance; the sky darkens with tapas-heat while Indra watches anxiously from a cloud-throne.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
V
Viśvāmitra
I
Indra (Tridaśādhipa/Śakra)

FAQs

Tapas is portrayed as a force that can rival even divine authority, urging humility and spiritual seriousness.

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative sequence.

Extreme austerities are listed: jalāhāra (water-only) and vāyubhakṣa (air-only) for vast periods.

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