Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

ततस्तं मुनिशार्दूलं शूलाग्रादवतार्य च । प्रोचुश्च विबुधश्रेष्ठाः सादरं हर्षसंयुताः

Transliteration

tatastaṃ muniśārdūlaṃ śūlāgrādavatārya ca | procuśca vibudhaśreṣṭhāḥ sādaraṃ harṣasaṃyutāḥ

Translation

Darauf ließen die erhabensten unter den Göttern, freudig und ehrerbietig, jenen „Tiger unter den Weisen“ von der Spitze des Dreizacks herab und redeten ihn an.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘then/thereafter’

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (कर्म) एकवचनम् — demonstrative pronoun ‘him’

• muniśārdūlam: the tiger among sages
• muniśārdūlam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (munīnām śārdūlaḥ) — ‘tiger among sages’

• śūlāgrāt: from the trident’s tip
• śūlāgrāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (अपादान) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘from the tip of the trident’

• avatārya: having brought down
• avatārya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√tṝ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — अवतार्य = ‘having brought down’ (gerund)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — ‘and’

• procuḥ: they spoke
• procuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत) प्रथमपुरुष बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् — ‘they said/spoke’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — ‘and’ (sandhi in procuś-ca)

• vibudhaśreṣṭhāḥ: the best of the gods
• vibudhaśreṣṭhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibudha (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता) बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘best of the gods/wise beings’

• sādaram: respectfully
• sādaram: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa-ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘respectfully/with reverence’

• harṣasaṃyutāḥ: filled with joy
• harṣasaṃyutāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थ (harṣeṇa saṃyutāḥ) — ‘endowed with joy’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Skanda narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant assembly of devas respectfully lowers the great sage from the tip of Śiva’s trident; the sage stands composed, devas smiling with joy, hands in añjali, about to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Vibudhas (Devas)
• Śūla (Trident)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine beings honor realized sages; reverence for dharma and tapas is shown as a cosmic principle even among the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a broader Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-glorification episode; the particular tīrtha is not named in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates respectful divine action toward a sage.