Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यावत्संवत्सरस्यातं सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम् । यथा ते देवसंघाश्च तत्प्रभावादसंशयम्

Transliteration

yāvatsaṃvatsarasyātaṃ satyametanmayoditam | yathā te devasaṃghāśca tatprabhāvādasaṃśayam

Translation

هذا حقٌّ—هكذا نطقتُ—على امتداد مسير السنة كلّها. وحقًّا، بقوة ذلك (اللِّينغا والحيّز المقدّس)، تغدو جموع الآلهة آمنةً موفّقةً بلا ريب.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as; until
• यावत्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालपरिमाणवाचक), ‘as long as/until’

• संवत्सरस्य: of a year
• संवत्सरस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• आतम्: elapsed; completed
• आतम्: Kriya-puraka (क्रियापूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत (प्रातिपदिक; √या/√इ-सम्बद्ध ‘आत’ = ‘gone/elapsed’ इत्यर्थे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (P.P.P.)—‘elapsed/come to an end’

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta-predicative (वाक्यविधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (सत्यम्)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr/Agent (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• उदितम्: spoken; declared
• उदितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदित (प्रातिपदिक; √वद्/√उद् ‘उद्’—‘said/uttered’ इत्यर्थे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (P.P.P.)

• यथा: just as; so that
• यथा: Sambandha/Upamana (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/प्रकारवाचक), ‘just as/so that’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (वैकल्पिकं: ‘they’); अथवा षष्ठी एकवचन ‘of you/that’—अत्र ‘they’ अधिकयुक्तम्

• देवसंघाः: assemblies of gods
• देवसंघाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + संघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of that’ (with प्रभावात्)

• प्रभावात्: from the power/effect
• प्रभावात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), ‘without doubt’

Speaker

Śukra (continuing assertion within the narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator figure solemnly declaring the truth of the kṣetra’s power; behind him, subtle vision of devas receiving strength from the liṅga’s radiance through the turning seasons of a year.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-saṃgha (hosts of gods)
• Prabhāva (sacred power)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa emphasizes unwavering trust (śraddhā) in the proven prabhāva of a sacred site and its deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vṛṣanātha-liṅga’s kṣetra, whose prabhāva is asserted as doubtless.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it reinforces faith in the efficacy of the earlier prescription.