Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

यावत्संवत्सरस्यातं सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम् । यथा ते देवसंघाश्च तत्प्रभावादसंशयम्

Transliteration

yāvatsaṃvatsarasyātaṃ satyametanmayoditam | yathā te devasaṃghāśca tatprabhāvādasaṃśayam

Translation

Dies ist Wahrheit—so habe ich gesprochen—während des ganzen Laufs des Jahres. Und wahrlich, durch die Macht jenes (Liṅga und kṣetra) werden die Scharen der Götter ohne Zweifel sicher und erfolgreich.

Word by Word

• यावत्: as long as; until
• यावत्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालपरिमाणवाचक), ‘as long as/until’

• संवत्सरस्य: of a year
• संवत्सरस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• आतम्: elapsed; completed
• आतम्: Kriya-puraka (क्रियापूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत (प्रातिपदिक; √या/√इ-सम्बद्ध ‘आत’ = ‘gone/elapsed’ इत्यर्थे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (P.P.P.)—‘elapsed/come to an end’

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta-predicative (वाक्यविधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (सत्यम्)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr/Agent (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• उदितम्: spoken; declared
• उदितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदित (प्रातिपदिक; √वद्/√उद् ‘उद्’—‘said/uttered’ इत्यर्थे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (P.P.P.)

• यथा: just as; so that
• यथा: Sambandha/Upamana (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान/प्रकारवाचक), ‘just as/so that’

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (वैकल्पिकं: ‘they’); अथवा षष्ठी एकवचन ‘of you/that’—अत्र ‘they’ अधिकयुक्तम्

• देवसंघाः: assemblies of gods
• देवसंघाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + संघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; ‘of that’ (with प्रभावात्)

• प्रभावात्: from the power/effect
• प्रभावात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• असंशयम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), ‘without doubt’

Speaker

Śukra (continuing assertion within the narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator figure solemnly declaring the truth of the kṣetra’s power; behind him, subtle vision of devas receiving strength from the liṅga’s radiance through the turning seasons of a year.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-saṃgha (hosts of gods)
• Prabhāva (sacred power)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa emphasizes unwavering trust (śraddhā) in the proven prabhāva of a sacred site and its deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vṛṣanātha-liṅga’s kṣetra, whose prabhāva is asserted as doubtless.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is added here; it reinforces faith in the efficacy of the earlier prescription.