Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

यावदायतनात्तस्मान्निर्गच्छति मुनीश्वरः । तावत्तेनेक्षितो नाममार्कंडो मुनिसत्तमः

Transliteration

yāvadāyatanāttasmānnirgacchati munīśvaraḥ | tāvattenekṣito nāmamārkaṃḍo munisattamaḥ

Translation

当那位圣仙之主正欲离开那座圣所之时，名为摩尔坎达（Mārkaṇḍa）的最上圣者看见了他。

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्तावत्-सम्बन्धे (correlative: 'as long as')

• आयतनात्: from the abode/shrine
• आयतनात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/ablative); एकवचन

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे; पञ्चमी (5th/ablative); एकवचन

• निर्गच्छति: goes out, departs
• निर्गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मुनीश्वरः: the lord of sages
• मुनीश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मुनीनाम् ईश्वरः)

• तावत्: then, so long
• तावत्: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; यावत्तावत्-सम्बन्धे (correlative: 'then/so long')

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental); एकवचन

• ईक्षितः: was seen
• ईक्षितः: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

• नाम: by name, indeed
• नाम: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; खल्वर्थे/निपात (particle: 'indeed/by name')

• मार्कण्डः: Mārkaṇḍa
• मार्कण्डः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्कण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन

• मुनिसत्तमः: the best of sages
• मुनिसत्तमः: Viśeṣaṇa (Appositional/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/nominative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मुनीनां सत्तमः)

Speaker

Sūta (implied continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Acaleśvara on Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the threshold of the Acaleśvara sanctuary, a departing sage pauses; Mārkaṇḍeya appears and notices him, the moment of eye-contact charged with recognition; temple lamps and mountain backdrop frame the encounter.

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍa
• Munīśvara (Viśvāmitra, implied)
• Āyatana (sanctuary of Acaleśvara, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At sacred sites, meetings with realized sages are themselves a form of grace, often opening the way to instruction and transformation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate setting is the āyatana (sanctuary) at Arbuda associated with Acaleśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the moment of departure from the shrine and the ensuing encounter.