Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अत्रैव त्वं द्विजश्रेष्ठ तिष्ठ दूरेऽपि तेजसः । वैष्णवस्य सुतायुक्तः कल्पांताग्निसमम् व

Transliteration

atraiva tvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tiṣṭha dūre'pi tejasaḥ | vaiṣṇavasya sutāyuktaḥ kalpāṃtāgnisamam va

Translation

اے برہمنِ برتر، تو یہیں ٹھہر؛ اُس نورانی تَیج سے دور رہ۔ یہ ویشنو جلال اپنی قوت سمیت کَلپ کے آخر کی آگ کے مانند ہے۔

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle; emphasis)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुषार्थे मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st case), पुल्लिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-निर्लिङ्ग प्रयोग

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: O best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः—षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-सन्निकर्ष), पुल्लिङ्ग, एकवचन, संबोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन)

• तिष्ठ: stay/stand
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• दूरे: far away
• दूरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगवत् अव्यय (adverbial use), दूरार्थक क्रियाविशेषण

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle; even/also)

• तेजसः: of (his/its) radiance
• तेजसः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case, Genitive), एकवचन

• वैष्णवस्य: of the Vaiṣṇava
• वैष्णवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• सुतायुक्तः: accompanied by (his) son
• सुतायुक्तः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त; युज् धातु)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः), युक्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कल्पान्ताग्निसमम्: like the fire at the end of an aeon
• कल्पान्ताग्निसमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्पान्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; उपमानवाचक विशेषण

• व: (particle; verse incomplete)
• व: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: व (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (enclitic particle; 'indeed/like/and'—here verse appears truncated)

Speaker

Garuḍa (addressing the brāhmaṇa, per immediate narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Janārdana-śayana-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered brāhmaṇa with his son is cautioned to remain at a safe remove from a blazing Vaiṣṇava radiance, depicted as a contained cosmic fire near a sacred waterscape.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Vaiṣṇava tejas (radiance of Viṣṇu)
• Kalpāntāgni (cosmic dissolution fire)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approach the sacred with humility and discipline; proximity to intense holiness requires preparedness and reverent restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha of Janārdana’s water-repose, where His radiance is experienced as overwhelming.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical prescription of conduct is given: keep a respectful distance from the divine tejas.