Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

द्वितीयया चासनं च पार्षदैश्च समन्वितम् । सौवर्णान्यासनान्येषां मनसा परिचिन्तयेत्

Transliteration

dvitīyayā cāsanaṃ ca pārṣadaiśca samanvitam | sauvarṇānyāsanānyeṣāṃ manasā paricintayet

Translation

Mit der zweiten ṛc soll er einen Sitz (āsana) darbringen, zusammen mit den Gefährten des Herrn; und er soll sich für sie goldene Sitze im Geiste vergegenwärtigen.

Word by Word

• द्वितीयया: by the second (verse)
• द्वितीयया: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; (by the second [ṛc])

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• आसनम्: a seat
• आसनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• पार्षदैः: with attendants
• पार्षदैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्षद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• समन्वितम्: accompanied; attended
• समन्वितम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) / समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; 'endowed/attended' (qualifying 'āsanam')

• सौवर्णानि: golden
• सौवर्णानि: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'āsanāni')

• आसनानि: seats
• आसनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• एषाम्: of these; for these (attendants)
• एषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्-प्रातिपदिक (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• परिचिन्तयेत्: should contemplate; should visualize
• परिचिन्तयेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (deductive attribution)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (continuation of addressed practitioner)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant throne-space appears in the devotee’s mind: Viṣṇu seated, surrounded by attendants; multiple golden seats arranged symmetrically, shimmering as a mental offering.

Characters & Entities

• Pārṣada (attendants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion includes reverence and hospitality not only to the Lord but also to the sacred retinue—worship becomes complete through thoughtful honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse conveys pūjā etiquette within a tīrtha-mahātmya ritual frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer āsana with the second ṛc, and mentally provide golden seats to the deity’s attendants.