Shloka 5 - Adhyaya 85 - Tirtha Mahatmya - Nagara Khanda | Vietnamese | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततोऽहं मेदिनीपृष्ठे ह्यवतीर्य समुद्रजे । तपः शक्त्या करिष्यामि भूयस्त्वां तु शुभाननाम्

Transliteration

tato'haṃ medinīpṛṣṭhe hyavatīrya samudraje | tapaḥ śaktyā kariṣyāmi bhūyastvāṃ tu śubhānanām

Translation

“Rồi sau đó, hỡi đấng sinh từ biển cả, Ta sẽ giáng xuống mặt đất và, nhờ sức mạnh khổ hạnh, sẽ khiến nàng lại có dung nhan cát tường như xưa.”

Word by Word

ततःthen/from there

अहम्I

मेदिनीपृष्ठेon the earth's surface

हिindeed

अवतीर्यhaving descended

समुद्रजेin/at the ocean-born (place)

तपःausterity

शक्त्याby (my) power

करिष्यामिI will do/perform

भूयःagain/more

त्वाम्you

तुbut/and

शुभाननाम्(you,) auspicious-faced (f.)

Speaker

Hari (Viṣṇu) (reported within Sūta’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari promises the sea-born Kamalā that he will descend to earth and, through the power of austerity, restore her auspicious face.

Characters & Entities

Hari (Viṣṇu)

Sea-born one (samudra-jā) (epithet: likely Lakṣmī/Kamalā)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion responds to suffering, and tapas (austerity) is portrayed as a sacred power that restores auspiciousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it prepares the narrative for the place where tapas will be undertaken.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is presented as the means of effecting restoration.