Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य महादेवः स्वयमेव महेश्वरः । प्रत्यक्षोऽभूद्वृषारूढो गौर्या सह तथा गणैः

Transliteration

tatastasya mahādevaḥ svayameva maheśvaraḥ | pratyakṣo'bhūdvṛṣārūḍho gauryā saha tathā gaṇaiḥ

Translation

Bấy giờ Maheśvara, chính Mahādeva, tự thân hiển hiện trước mặt ông—cưỡi trên bò—cùng với Gaurī và các gaṇa tùy tùng.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तदनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Great God)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन; समास: महा + देव (विशेषण-विशेष्य)

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Karta (Emphatic subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable): स्वयम् (oneself)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): एव (indeed/only)

• maheśvaraḥ: Maheśvara (Great Lord)
• maheśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: महत्/महा + ईश्वर (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/निर्धारणार्थ)

• pratyakṣaḥ: manifest, visible
• pratyakṣaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• abhūt: became/appeared
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थ: अभवत् (became)

• vṛṣa-ārūḍhaḥ: mounted on the bull
• vṛṣa-ārūḍhaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ārūḍha (कृदन्त; √ruh/रुह्, उपसर्ग आ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: वृषे आरूढः (सप्तमी/अधिकरण-तत्पुरुष); कृदन्त: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• gauryā: with Gaurī
• gauryā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), एकवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Accompaniment marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (preposition-like): सह (with)

• tathā: also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): तथा (thus/also)

• gaṇaiḥ: with (his) attendants
• gaṇaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva appears directly before the devotee/king, seated upon Nandin the bull, with Gaurī at his side and gaṇas surrounding—an epiphany at a tīrtha precinct.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Vṛṣa (Nandin/bull mount)
• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady worship in a sanctified kṣetra culminates in experiential nearness—Śiva is not merely inferred but can become ‘pratyakṣa’ by grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Camatkārapura kṣetra is implied as the setting where Śiva grants direct darśana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse highlights the result of prior worship—divine darśana—rather than adding a new prescription.