Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तेऽपि शक्रादयो देवाः प्रहृष्टा गतसंशयाः । भूयो विष्णुं समेत्याथ प्रोचुर्नत्वा ततः परम्

Transliteration

te'pi śakrādayo devāḥ prahṛṣṭā gatasaṃśayāḥ | bhūyo viṣṇuṃ sametyātha procurnatvā tataḥ param

Translation

তেতিয়া শক্ৰ আদি দেৱতাসকল আনন্দিত আৰু সংশয়মুক্ত হৈ, পুনৰ বিষ্ণুৰ ওচৰলৈ গৈ; নমস্কাৰ কৰি তাৰ পাছত ক’বলৈ ধৰিলে।

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• śakra-ādayaḥ: Indra and the others
• śakra-ādayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (śakraḥ ādiḥ yeṣām = ‘Indra and others’)

• devāḥ: gods
• devāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• prahṛṣṭāḥ: delighted
• prahṛṣṭāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prahṛṣṭa (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √hṛṣ ‘हृष्’ (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• gata-saṃśayāḥ: free from doubt
• gata-saṃśayāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata (कृदन्त; √gam ‘गम्’ (धातु) + क्त) + saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (‘whose doubt has gone’)

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

• viṣṇum: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• sametya: having approached/met
• sametya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (इ) (धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle)

• procuḥ: they said
• procuḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्) (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• natvā: having bowed
• natvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √nam (नम्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund)

• tataḥ: thereafter, then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• param: afterwards, further
• param: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगे अव्ययवत् (adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śakra and the assembled devas, faces bright with relief, stand before Viṣṇu; they fold hands, bow, and prepare to speak in formal praise.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After deliverance, devotion expresses itself as humility and praise; gratitude is a form of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not mentioned in this verse; it is part of the larger Tīrthamāhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, namaskāra (bowing) and stuti (praise) are shown, but no formal rite is prescribed.