Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

तस्मात्तत्र द्रुतं गत्वा त्वमाराधय शंकरम् । येन गच्छसि निर्वाणं दशभिः पुरुषैः सह

Transliteration

tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā tvamārādhaya śaṃkaram | yena gacchasi nirvāṇaṃ daśabhiḥ puruṣaiḥ saha

Translation

پس تم فوراً وہاں جا کر شنکر کی آرادھنا کرو؛ اسی کے ذریعہ تم دس مردوں کے ساتھ نروان، یعنی مکتی کو پہنچو گے۔

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Reason/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Riti (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative: quickly)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive: having gone)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• आराधय: worship/propitiate
• आराधय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Means/Reason)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• गच्छसि: you go/attain
• गच्छसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• निर्वाणम्: liberation (nirvāṇa)
• निर्वाणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्वाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• दशभिः: with ten
• दशभिः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (पुं/नपुं), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘पुरुषैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पुरुषैः: men/persons
• पुरुषैः: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (indeclinable postposition: with)

Speaker

Unnamed adviser within the narrative (a dharma-upadeśa voice preceding Sūta’s ‘uvāca’ in the next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijottama (unnamed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dynamic departure scene: the instructed pilgrim sets out quickly with a small group of ten companions toward a Śiva shrine; the final vision hints at liberation—light beyond the temple doorway or ascent toward a luminous realm.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and sincere Śiva-ārādhana at a sanctified site are presented as a direct means to liberation, benefitting even one’s associates.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction “go there” refers to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in Ānarta, praised just before.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional propitiation/worship) of Śaṅkara undertaken after going to the tīrtha.