Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा देवदेवेशावैक्यरूपधरौ यदा । गणानां देवतानां च बुद्धिं निर्भेदतां तदा

Transliteration

ityuktvā devadeveśāvaikyarūpadharau yadā | gaṇānāṃ devatānāṃ ca buddhiṃ nirbhedatāṃ tadā

Translation

Nachdem sie so gesprochen hatten und die beiden Herren der Götter die Gestalt der Einheit annahmen, wurde da das Verständnis der Gaṇas und der Götter ungeteilt, frei von Unterschied.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having said'

• देवदेवेशौ: the two Lords of gods
• देवदेवेशौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; components: देव + देव + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (nominative dual)

• ऐक्यरूपधरौ: bearing a unified form
• ऐक्यरूपधरौ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऐक्य-रूप-धर (प्रातिपदिक; components: ऐक्य + रूप + धर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विशेषणम् देवदेवेशौ

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (when)

• गणानाम्: of the groups (attendants)
• गणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• देवतानाम्: of the deities
• देवतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• बुद्धिम्: understanding; mind
• बुद्धिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• निर्भेदताम्: non-difference; unity
• निर्भेदताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्भेदता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक-शब्दः; 'non-difference/unity' (as object)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely the Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two divine Lords merge or stand as a single composite form; the gaṇas and devas gaze with unified understanding, their faces serene as difference dissolves.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeveśa (two Lords)
• Gaṇa
• Devatā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the Divine is realized as one (aikya), division in perception dissolves and harmony arises among beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 251); the specific tīrtha name is not present in the excerpt provided.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.