Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

ततस्तृप्तिं चिरात्प्राप्य शुचिर्भूत्वा प्रहर्षितः । निष्कम्य सलिलाद्यावद्विमानमधिरोहति

Transliteration

tatastṛptiṃ cirātprāpya śucirbhūtvā praharṣitaḥ | niṣkamya salilādyāvadvimānamadhirohati

Translation

Sau đó, khi đã thỏa mãn, trở nên thanh tịnh và hân hoan, ngài bước ra khỏi nước và ngay lập tức bước lên cỗ xe trời.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thereafter

• tṛptim: satisfaction
• tṛptim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• cirāt: after a long time
• cirāt: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन निपातवत्; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण: 'after a long time'

• prāpya: having attained
• prāpya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having obtained'

• śuciḥ: pure
• śuciḥ: Visheshya-Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st), एकवचन

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having become'

• praharṣitaḥ: delighted
• praharṣitaḥ: Visheshya-Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: praharṣita (प्रातिपदिक; √hṛṣ से क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-विशेषण (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• niṣkamya: having emerged
• niṣkamya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nis-√kam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; 'having gone out/come forth'

• salilāt: from the water
• salilāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: salila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• yāvat: up to; as far as
• yāvat: Kriya-vishesana (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधिबोधक) — 'up to/as far as'

• vimānam: the aerial car
• vimānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• adhirohati: mounts; ascends
• adhirohati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: adhi-√ruh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Agastya (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāghava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the sacred water, the now-purified being emerges radiant and joyful, and a celestial vimāna appears; he mounts it instantly as Gandharva music fills the air.

Characters & Entities

• vimāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Contact with a sacred tīrtha and the ripening of merit can bring purification and elevated destiny, symbolized by ascent to a vimāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred water-body (salila/taḍāga) is central; the precise tīrtha name is not provided in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied tīrtha-snāna (bathing in sacred water) leading to śuddhi (purity).