Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

एवं चिन्ताप्रपन्नस्य तस्य शूद्रस्य निर्जने । मरौ तस्मिन्समायाता शर्वरी तदनन्तरम्

Transliteration

evaṃ cintāprapannasya tasya śūdrasya nirjane | marau tasminsamāyātā śarvarī tadanantaram

Translation

当那首陀罗被忧惧之念所压，独自留在荒凉的沙漠中时，紧接着黑夜便立刻降临于他。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• चिन्ताप्रपन्नस्य: of one who had fallen into anxiety
• चिन्ताप्रपन्नस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of 'तस्य')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्ता + प्र+पद् (धातु) → प्रपन्न (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (चिन्तायां प्रपन्नः); भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शूद्रस्य: of the śūdra
• शूद्रस्य: Sambandha (Appositional genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• निर्जने: in a lonely place
• निर्जने: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• मरौ: in the desert
• मरौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• तस्मिन्: there/in that (place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• समायाता: arrived
• समायाता: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+या (धातु) → समायात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• शर्वरी: night
• शर्वरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• तत्: then
• तत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे/क्रियाविशेषणार्थे सर्वनामरूपम्; 'then/thereupon'

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तरम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (immediately after)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Darkness spreads over the dunes; the man sits curled or lies guardedly, eyes wide; the sky deepens with early stars; the desert becomes a vast black-blue silence.

Characters & Entities

• Śūdra
• Śarvarī (Night)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fear and loneliness are part of the trial; the narrative often brings unexpected guidance precisely in darkness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is contextual and does not name the tīrtha; it prepares for the ensuing māhātmya revelation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.