Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

आश्रमान्स विमानाग्रे तिष्ठन्पत्न्यै प्रदर्शयत् । षट्कृत्तिकाश्च ददृशे पार्वती वनसन्निधौ

Transliteration

āśramānsa vimānāgre tiṣṭhanpatnyai pradarśayat | ṣaṭkṛttikāśca dadṛśe pārvatī vanasannidhau

Translation

وِمان کے اگلے حصّے میں کھڑے ہو کر اس نے اپنی زوجہ کو آشرم دکھائے۔ جنگل کے قریب تب پاروتی نے چھ کِرتِکاؤں کو دیکھا۔

Word by Word

• आश्रमान्: hermitages
• आश्रमान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular (pronoun)

• विमानाग्रे: at the front of the aerial chariot
• विमानाग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विमानस्य अग्रे)

• तिष्ठन्: standing
• तिष्ठन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), प्रथमा, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग — Present active participle, nominative singular masculine

• पत्न्यै: to (his) wife
• पत्न्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन — Feminine, Dative, Singular

• प्रदर्शयत्: showed
• प्रदर्शयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतन-भूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect/Past, active, 3rd person singular

• षट्कृत्तिकाः: the six Kṛttikās (Pleiades)
• षट्कृत्तिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + कृत्तिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Plural; समासः द्विगु (षट् कृत्तिकाः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ददृशे: was seen / appeared
• ददृशे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्ष-भूत/परफेक्ट), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — Perfect, middle, 3rd person singular

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वनसन्निधौ: near the forest
• वनसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन — Masculine, Locative, Singular; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वनस्य सन्निधौ)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahā-Śaravaṇa / Devanadī-tīra āśrama-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vimāna hovers above a riverbank dotted with hermitages. A divine couple stands at the front; the male figure gestures downward. Near the forest edge, six radiant female figures (Kṛttikās) appear—star-like, luminous, arranged in a gentle arc.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Pārvatī
• vimāna
• āśrama
• Ṣaṭkṛttikāḥ (Six Kṛttikās)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are upheld by both tapas (āśramas) and divine presence; celestial beings participate in the sanctity of the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The forest-and-riverbank sacred zone around the Śaravaṇa grove on the Devanadī, now linked with the Six Kṛttikās.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse establishes sacred witnesses (āśramas and Kṛttikās) around the tīrtha.