Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

चिन्तयामास सुचिरं विस्मयेन समन्विता । गोपायन्ती तदाऽत्मानं दर्शनं याति नो नृणाम्

Transliteration

cintayāmāsa suciraṃ vismayena samanvitā | gopāyantī tadā'tmānaṃ darśanaṃ yāti no nṛṇām

Translation

وہ حیرت میں ڈوبی دیر تک سوچتی رہی؛ اپنی حفاظت کرتی ہوئی، اس وقت لوگوں کے سامنے نہ گئی۔

Word by Word

• चिन्तयामास: she pondered
• चिन्तयामास: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सुचिरम्: for a long time
• सुचिरम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सुचिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• विस्मयेन: with astonishment
• विस्मयेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• समन्विता: endowed (with)
• समन्विता: Predicate adjective (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अन्वि/इ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण

• गोपायन्ती: protecting, concealing
• गोपायन्ती: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गुप्/गोपाय (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ-प्रत्यय), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि—“protecting/guarding”

• तदा: then
• तदा: Temporal (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय

• आत्मानम्: herself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दर्शनम्: sight, appearance
• दर्शनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म

• याति: goes, comes (to be)
• याति: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration to sages in a Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic woman in a secluded grove, pausing her outward movements; she looks inward, hands clasped, avoiding the path where villagers pass; a sense of stillness and guardedness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint and careful conduct are shown as dhārmic responses during morally and socially difficult circumstances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is not named in this verse; it continues within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes personal seclusion and reflection.