Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

श्राद्धार्हा यज्ञयोग्याश्च कन्यायोग्या विशेषतः । परं ते स्थापिता राजन्स्वयमिंद्रेण तत्र च

Transliteration

śrāddhārhā yajñayogyāśca kanyāyogyā viśeṣataḥ | paraṃ te sthāpitā rājansvayamiṃdreṇa tatra ca

Translation

إنهم أهلٌ لأن يُدعَوا إلى شرادّها، ومؤهَّلون لطقوس اليَجْنَة، ولا سيّما صالحون للمصاهرة. أيها الملك، لقد أقامهم إندرا نفسه هناك في المقام الأسمى.

Word by Word

• श्राद्धार्हाः: worthy of śrāddha offerings
• श्राद्धार्हाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrāddha + arhā (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• यज्ञयोग्याः: fit for sacrifices
• यज्ञयोग्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yajña + yogya (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कन्यायोग्याः: suitable for marriage alliances (with maidens)
• कन्यायोग्याः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kanyā + yogya (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• परम्: moreover/further
• परम्: Discourse marker (वाक्योपपादक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (indeclinable use), अर्थे ‘moreover/further’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्थापिताः: were established/placed
• स्थापिताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → sthāpita (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय; causative sense)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), स्वकृत्यबोधक (oneself/by oneself)

• इन्द्रेण: by Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Karana/Agent-in-passive (करण/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (to the King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary tableau: Indra symbolically ‘establishes’ a group of Nāgara brāhmaṇas in a sanctified locale—Indra with vajra and celestial attendants, while sages and the king witness the decree; ritual fires glow nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Rājan (the King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and proper eligibility matter in dharmic rites; sacred authority is framed as divinely sanctioned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this single śloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It affirms who is considered fit for śrāddha and yajña participation (eligibility/adhikāra).