Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य सांबो जांबवतीसुतः । हृदये निश्चयं कृत्वा तिंगिनीसाधकोद्भवम्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya sāṃbo jāṃbavatīsutaḥ | hṛdaye niścayaṃ kṛtvā tiṃginīsādhakodbhavam

Translation

اس کی بات سن کر جامبَوتی کے بیٹے سامب نے دل میں پختہ ارادہ کیا کہ تِنگِنی کی سادھنا اختیار کرے اور اس کی سِدھی حاصل کرے۔

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular (that)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; absolutive/gerund ‘having heard’

• वचनम्: speech; words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; genitive singular (of him)

• साम्बः: Sāmba
• साम्बः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular

• जाम्बवतीसुतः: son of Jāmbavatī
• जाम्बवतीसुतः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाम्बवती + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘जाम्बवत्याः सुतः’ (son of Jāmbavatī)

• हृदये: in (his) heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative singular

• निश्चयम्: a resolve; certainty
• निश्चयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; absolutive ‘having made’

• तिङ्गिनीसाधकोद्भवम्: (the means) arising from Tiṅginī’s sādhaka
• तिङ्गिनीसाधकोद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिङ्गिनी + साधक + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष-श्रृङ्खला) ‘तिङ्गिन्याः साधकस्य उद्भवम्’ = arising from Tiṅginī’s practitioner; used as object (understood: उपायम्/कर्म)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual narration within the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tiṃginī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāmba, princely yet penitent, listens to the teaching and inwardly resolves; his posture shifts from pride to humility; the scene foreshadows a difficult observance at Tiṃginī.

Characters & Entities

• Sāmba
• Jāmbavatī
• Tiṃginī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After receiving dharmic instruction, one should cultivate firm inner resolve to complete the prescribed discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tiṃginī remains the central sacred focus, presented as a potent means toward purification and accomplishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sāmba resolves to become a Tiṃginī-sādhaka—i.e., to undertake the described expiatory practice.