Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एतेषां वचनात्सर्वं युष्मदीयं प्रजायताम् । प्रतिष्ठा जायते नूनं चातुश्चरणसूचिता

Transliteration

eteṣāṃ vacanātsarvaṃ yuṣmadīyaṃ prajāyatām | pratiṣṭhā jāyate nūnaṃ cātuścaraṇasūcitā

Translation

Durch den Rat dieser Männer möge alles, was euch betrifft, zur Erfüllung gelangen. Dann werden gewiss feste Begründung und Ruhm entstehen—wie es durch das vierfache Fundament angezeigt ist.

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these (people)
• एतेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वचनात्: from (their) word/command
• वचनात्: Apadana (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (युष्मदीयम् इत्यस्य विशेष्यभावे)

• युष्मदीयम्: your
• युष्मदीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युष्मदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सर्वम्)

• प्रजायताम्: may it come to be/arise
• प्रजायताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+जन् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन/एकवचन-रूपसाम्य (प्रजायताम्: 3rd person imperative; here with neuter singular subject ‘सर्वम्’ understood collectively)

• प्रतिष्ठा: reputation/establishment
• प्रतिष्ठा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Kriya-visheshana (Modal/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• चातुश्चरणसूचिता: indicated by four signs/feet
• चातुश्चरणसूचिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चातुः-चरण-सूचित (प्रातिपदिक; चातुः + चरण + सूचित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘चातुष्चरणस्य सूचिता’); विशेषणम् (प्रतिष्ठा)

Speaker

King (rājā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Garttātīrtha (contextual)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment: the king affirms that by following the counsel of the appointed brāhmaṇas, all aims will be fulfilled and a fourfold-founded renown will arise; symbolic depiction of four pillars supporting a temple or city.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas (counsel)
• Pratiṣṭhā (establishment)
• Cātuścaraṇa (fourfold foundation—traditional dharmic stability motif)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel aligned with dharma produces stability (pratiṣṭhā) and flourishing for people and place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Garttātīrtha/pura prosperity narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, though the tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is named; the instruction is to conduct all affairs according to the brāhmaṇas’ dharmic guidance.