Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ततः संतर्प्य देवांश्च पितॄंश्च तदनंतरम् । पूजयित्वा हविर्वाहं ब्राह्मणांश्च ततः परम्

Transliteration

tataḥ saṃtarpya devāṃśca pitṝṃśca tadanaṃtaram | pūjayitvā havirvāhaṃ brāhmaṇāṃśca tataḥ param

Translation

ثم قام بإرضاء الآلهة على الوجه اللائق، ثم أعقب ذلك بإرضاء الأسلاف؛ وبعد أن أكرم أغني، حامل القرابين (الهَفِس)، قدّم بعد ذلك التبجيل للبراهمة.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे ‘अनन्तरम्/तस्मात्’

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied
• संतर्प्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-तृप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-प्राय) = gerund/absolutive; ‘संतर्प्य’ = having satisfied (fed)

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय = conjunction ‘and’

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• तदनन्तरम्: immediately thereafter
• तदनन्तरम्: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध): ‘तद्-अनन्तरम्’; अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण = immediately after that

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त = gerund/absolutive; ‘पूजयित्वा’ = having worshipped

• हविर्वाहम्: Havirvāha (Agni, carrier of oblations)
• हविर्वाहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havis (प्रातिपदिक) + vāha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध) ‘हविषां वाहः’ = Agni; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणान्: the brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• परम्: next; afterwards
• परम्: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-द्वितीया/प्रथमा रूपेण अव्ययवत्; क्रियाविशेषण = thereafter/next

Speaker

Sūta (narrating ritual sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim/muni completes tarpaṇa to devas and pitṛs, then honors Agni as the havis-bearer, and finally bows to seated brāhmaṇas awaiting hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (gods)
• Pitṛ (ancestors)
• Agni (Havirvāha)
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through ordered worship: honoring gods, ancestors, sacred fire, and brāhmaṇas sustains cosmic and social harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly named; the rites are described within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa/santarpana for devas and pitṛs, worship of Agni (havis-carrier), and honoring brāhmaṇas—an archetypal Purāṇic ritual sequence.