Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

कामादिका नरान्भेजुर्गौतमेश्वरपूजकान् । तथाऽहिल्येश्वरस्यापि शतानंदेश्वरस्य च

Transliteration

kāmādikā narānbhejurgautameśvarapūjakān | tathā'hilyeśvarasyāpi śatānaṃdeśvarasya ca

Translation

Kāma und die übrigen Leidenschaften fielen über die Menschen her — selbst über die Verehrer Gautameśvaras, ebenso auch über die Bhaktas Ahilyeśvaras und Śatānandeśvaras.

Word by Word

• कामादिकाः: Kāma and others
• कामादिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामादिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; समास: कामः आदिः येषां ते (बहुव्रीहिः) इति सम्भाव्यते, परन्तु रूपेण 'काम-आदि' समाहारः; व्यवहारतः 'कामा-दयः' (kāma etc.)—प्रथमा बहुवचन

• नरान्: men; people
• नरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• भेजुः: they approached/assailed
• भेजुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; धातु: भज्; अर्थे: सेव्/आश्रय (they resorted to/attacked/associated)

• गौतमेश्वरपूजकान्: worshippers of Gautameśvara
• गौतमेश्वरपूजकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम-ईश्वर-पूजक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; समास: गौतमेश्वरस्य पूजकाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• अहिल्येश्वरस्य: of Ahilyeśvara
• अहिल्येश्वरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिल्या-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समास: अहिल्यायाः ईश्वरः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya/Emphasis (Nipata)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/समुच्चय)

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

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

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya (deduced: Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gautameśvara; Ahilyeśvara; Śatānandeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a king (धराधिप) implied

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Kāma and other passions (kāma-ādi) attacking or clouding the minds of pilgrims/devotees at three Śiva shrines; a moral allegory staged in a temple setting.

Characters & Entities

• Kāma
• Gautameśvara
• Ahilyeśvara
• Śatānandeśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even devotees can be tested by inner enemies like kāma; pilgrimage and worship must be joined with self-control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gautameśvara–Ahilyeśvara–Śatānandeśvara sacred complex within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it implies the need for restraint and purity alongside pūjā.