Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततोऽपि वत्सरस्यांते तं प्रणम्याथ शक्तितः । मूलस्थानं गतो देवमपरस्यां दिशि स्थितम्

Transliteration

tato'pi vatsarasyāṃte taṃ praṇamyātha śaktitaḥ | mūlasthānaṃ gato devamaparasyāṃ diśi sthitam

Translation

又在另一年终了之时，他量力礼拜彼神，遂前往本座（mūlasthāna），至西方安住之神祇处。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषणम्) = then/thereafter

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपातः) = also/even

• vatsarasya: of the year
• vatsarasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन = of the year

• ante: at the end
• ante: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन = at the end

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन = him

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√nam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) = having bowed

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक निपातः) = then/thereupon

• śaktitaḥ: as able
• śaktitaḥ: Karana (Manner/Means)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त) = according to ability

• mūlasthānam: the original place
• mūlasthānam: Karman (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūla + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मूलं स्थानम्) = original place

• gataḥ: (I) went
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) = gone

• devam: the god
• devam: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन = the god

• aparasyām: in the western
• aparasyām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (दिशि) = in the western/other

• diśi: direction
• diśi: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन = in the direction

• sthitam: situated
• sthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sthā)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (देवम्) = situated

Speaker

Narrator (within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mūlasthāna (western deity-seat)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: vipra implied from surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After another year, the pilgrim bows and journeys westward toward an ancient ‘original seat’ shrine, the landscape opening toward sunset hues.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion matures through time-bound observance and culminates in pilgrimage to foundational sacred seats, honoring divine geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A mūlasthāna—an ‘original/primary seat’—is highlighted, with a directional marker (west), indicating a mapped sacred landscape within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of a year of practice followed by praṇāma and onward travel to the mūlasthāna shrine.