Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ततोऽस्य पक्षौ संजातौ तत्क्षणादेव सुन्दरौ । तथा रोमाणि दिव्यानि जातरूपोपमानि च

Transliteration

tato'sya pakṣau saṃjātau tatkṣaṇādeva sundarau | tathā romāṇi divyāni jātarūpopamāni ca

Translation

Rồi ngay trong khoảnh khắc ấy, đôi cánh xinh đẹp mọc ra cho nó; và lông vũ cũng trở nên thiêng diệu, tựa vàng ròng rực sáng.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = thereafter/from that

• asya: of him
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — ‘अस्य’ (of him/of this)

• pakṣau: two wings
• pakṣau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन

• saṃjātau: arose/appeared
• saṃjātau: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√jan (धातु) + jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — ‘संजातौ’ = having arisen/appeared

• tatkṣaṇāt: from that very moment
• tatkṣaṇāt: Apadana (Ablative source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तत्+क्षण), पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन — ‘तत्क्षणात्’

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — emphasis

• sundarau: beautiful (two)
• sundarau: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sundara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन — विशेषण (pakṣau)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘likewise/so’

• romāṇi: hairs/feathers
• romāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• divyāni: divine
• divyāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — विशेषण (romāṇi)

• jātarūpopamāni: comparable to gold
• jātarūpopamāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jātarūpa + upamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (जातरूपस्य उपमानानि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — विशेषण (romāṇi)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

Speaker

Narrator (result of Śiva’s boon)

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s boon is immediate and transformative—devotion at a sacred site culminates in restoration, empowerment, and divine auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s liṅga-tīrtha is celebrated as a place where Śiva’s grace manifests tangibly, producing immediate miraculous results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse describes the fruit (phala) of worship and boon; it implies the efficacy of vow, pūjā, and Śiva’s prasāda at the tīrtha.