Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ततस्तद्दर्शनार्थाय स उपायं व्यलो कयत् । धूमद्वारेण कामार्तश्चकार च ततः परम्

Transliteration

tatastaddarśanārthāya sa upāyaṃ vyalo kayat | dhūmadvāreṇa kāmārtaścakāra ca tataḥ param

Translation

پھر اُس کے دیدار کے لیے اس نے ایک تدبیر سوچی؛ خواہش کی تپش میں مبتلا ہو کر اس نے دھوئیں کو بہانہ اور وسیلہ بنا کر آگے قدم بڑھایا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/काल-देश-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'then/from there'

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दर्शनार्थाय: for the purpose of seeing
• दर्शनार्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन-द्योतक दत्तिविभक्ति

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उपायम्: a means; a plan
• उपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• व्यलोकयत्: he looked for; he observed
• व्यलोकयत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लोक् (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• धूमद्वारेण: by/through the smoke-door (smoke outlet)
• धूमद्वारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूम (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणविभक्ति

• कामार्तः: afflicted by desire
• कामार्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (कर्मधारय-भावार्थे तत्पुरुष)

• चकार: he did; he made
• चकार: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• परम्: afterwards; further
• परम्: Adhikarana (Context/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषण) = 'afterwards/further'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A sage/interlocutor in tīrtha-māhātmya frame (not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A desire-tormented figure devises a pretext to gain sight of a revered woman; the setting hints at a ritual enclosure where a smoky ruse will be enacted.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūma (smoke)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When desire dominates, the mind invents ‘means’ to justify wrongdoing; dharma requires seeing through such rationalizations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this excerpt; the setting remains within a Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Indirectly connected to fire-ritual context; the verse mentions using smoke (dhūma) as the operative means.