Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

अहिल्येश्वरदेवस्य शतानंदेश्वरस्य च । शक्रादेशं तु संप्राप्य ते गता धरणीतले

Transliteration

ahilyeśvaradevasya śatānaṃdeśvarasya ca | śakrādeśaṃ tu saṃprāpya te gatā dharaṇītale

Translation

Nachdem sie Śakras Befehl empfangen hatten, gingen sie hinab zur Erde, zu den Heiligtümern des Herrn Ahilyeśvara und des Śatānandeśvara.

Word by Word

• अहिल्येश्वरदेवस्य: of the god Ahilyeśvara
• अहिल्येश्वरदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिल्या-ईश्वर-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समास: अहिल्येश्वरः देवः (कर्मधारय) ततः षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे प्रयोगः

• शतानंदेश्वरस्य: of Śatānandeśvara
• शतानंदेश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतानन्द-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समास: शतानन्दः ईश्वरः (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction/समुच्चय)

• शक्रादेशम्: Śakra’s command
• शक्रादेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र-आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; समास: शक्रस्य आदेशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipata)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/अवधारण-व्यतिरेक)

• संप्राप्य: having obtained; having received
• संप्राप्य: Kriya-viseshana (पूर्वक्रिया/absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्राप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: प्राप् with उपसर्ग सम्; अर्थे: प्राप्त्वा (having obtained/reached)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• गताः: went; having gone
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; धातु: गम्

• धरणीतले: on the earth’s surface
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणीतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समास: धरण्याः तलम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya (deduced: Purāṇic narrator addressing a king, i.e., 'dharādhipa' in the chapter context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ahilyeśvara; Śatānandeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a king (धराधिप) implied

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Divine agents, having received Indra’s order, descend to earth and arrive at two Śiva shrines—Ahilyeśvara and Śatānandeśvara—suggesting a pilgrimage-like movement but driven by cosmic mandate.

Characters & Entities

• Ahilyeśvara
• Śatānandeśvara
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine instruction (Śakra’s ādeśa) leads devotees toward sacred places where Śiva is worshipped as Ahilyeśvara and Śatānandeśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra setting within Nāgarakhaṇḍa, especially the Ahilyeśvara and Śatānandeśvara shrines.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on proceeding to the sacred स्थल (kṣetra) under divine direction.