Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 109

Devanagari script

यज्ञभागसमोपेतं तथान्येषां दिवौकसाम् । विशेषेण सुरश्रेष्ठाः स्थानं चोपरि संस्थितम्

Transliteration

yajñabhāgasamopetaṃ tathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām | viśeṣeṇa suraśreṣṭhāḥ sthānaṃ copari saṃsthitam

Translation

„Mit den gebührenden Anteilen am Opfer versehen—so auch die übrigen Himmelsbewohner—, doch, o Beste der Götter, ist für die recht Geehrten in besonderer Weise ein höherer Stand begründet.“

Word by Word

• yajñabhāga-samopetam: endowed with a share of the sacrifice
• yajñabhāga-samopetam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yajña + bhāga + sam-upeta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); 'उपेत' = क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/also')

• anyeṣām: of other
• anyeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (divaukasām इत्यस्य विशेषण), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• divaukasām: of the dwellers in heaven (gods)
• divaukasām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div + okas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे (adverbial instrumental: 'especially')

• suraśreṣṭhāḥ: the best of the gods
• suraśreṣṭhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sthānam: a place / position
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• upari: above
• upari: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• saṃsthitam: situated / established
• saṃsthitam: Vidhāyaka/Predicate (विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-sthā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator/participants in the dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A depiction of devaloka with multiple tiers: devas receiving offerings at a yajña-fire; above them a higher luminous station reserved for the especially honored.

Characters & Entities

• Divaukasaḥ
• Suraśreṣṭhāḥ
• Yajñabhāga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly offered ritual honor sustains cosmic order; merit and station correspond to proper yajñic allotment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the tīrtha-māhātmya theme broadly; no single named tīrtha appears in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recognition that devas are “yajña-bhāga-samopeta”—i.e., they are honored through assigned sacrificial portions.