Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

प्रभावात्तव देवेश हताः सर्वेऽमरारयः । प्राप्तं त्रैलोक्यराज्यं च भूयो निहतकंटकम्

Transliteration

prabhāvāttava deveśa hatāḥ sarve'marārayaḥ | prāptaṃ trailokyarājyaṃ ca bhūyo nihatakaṃṭakam

Translation

بِقُدْرَتِكَ، يا سيِّدَ الآلِهَةِ، قُتِلَ جميعُ أعداءِ الخالدين؛ واستُعيدَ مُلكُ العوالمِ الثلاثةِ، وعادَ خاليًا من الأشواكِ أي العوائقِ من جديد.

Word by Word

• prabhāvāt: because of (your) power
• prabhāvāt: Hetu (हेतु/ablative cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• hatāḥ: slain
• hatāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Result state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √han ‘हन्’ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• amara-arayaḥ: enemies of the gods
• amara-arayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक) + ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (amarāṇām arayaḥ = ‘enemies of the immortals’)

• prāptam: has been regained/obtained
• prāptam: Kriyā (क्रिया/Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √āp ‘आप्’ (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); (rājyaṃ) prāptam = ‘has been obtained’

• trailokya-rājyam: the kingdom of the three worlds
• trailokya-rājyam: Karta/Karma (contextual; subject of ‘prāptam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (trailokyasya rājyaṃ = ‘sovereignty of the three worlds’)

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

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• nihata-kaṃṭakam: free of obstacles (with enemies removed)
• nihata-kaṃṭakam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nihata (कृदन्त; √han ‘हन्’ (धातु) + ni- (उपसर्ग) + क्त) + kaṃṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (‘whose thorns/obstacles are destroyed’)

Speaker

Devas (led by Śakra), addressing Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, hands folded, praise Viṣṇu as the Lord whose power has slain the enemies of the immortals and restored the thornless sovereignty of the three worlds; Viṣṇu radiates tranquil authority.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (addressed as Deveśa)
• Amarāri (enemies of the devas)
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order is restored through divine prabhāva; the Lord removes the ‘thorns’ of adharma that injure the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this shloka; it is devotional praise within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse models stuti (praise) acknowledging divine agency.