Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एवंविधं सहस्राक्ष मया ते परिकीर्तितम् । आद्यं कृतयुगं पुण्यं सर्वलोकसुखावहम्

Transliteration

evaṃvidhaṃ sahasrākṣa mayā te parikīrtitam | ādyaṃ kṛtayugaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvalokasukhāvaham

Translation

So, o Tausendäugiger, habe ich dir jenes ursprüngliche Kṛta-Yuga geschildert—heilig und allen Welten Glück bringend.

Word by Word

• एवंविधम्: of this kind, such
• एवंविधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवं-विध (प्रातिपदिक; components: एवं + विध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्—(आद्यं कृतयुगम्)

• सहस्राक्ष: O thousand-eyed one (Indra)
• सहस्राक्ष: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र-अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक; components: सहस्र + अक्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (कर्तृकरण/agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• परिकीर्तितम्: has been described/proclaimed
• परिकीर्तितम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-कीर्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-भावः—‘(एवंविधम्) परिकीर्तितम्’

• आद्यम्: primeval, first
• आद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्—कृतयुगम्

• कृतयुगम्: the Kṛta-yuga
• कृतयुगम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत-युग (प्रातिपदिक; components: कृत + युग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पुण्यम्: holy, meritorious
• पुण्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्—कृतयुगम्

• सर्वलोकसुखावहम्: bringing happiness to all worlds
• सर्वलोकसुखावहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-लोक-सुख-आवह (प्रातिपदिक; components: सर्व + लोक + सुख + आवह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम्—कृतयुगम्

Speaker

Unspecified (speaker addressing Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Sahasrākṣa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda narrates to Indra in a celestial setting; below, a radiant ‘kṛtayuga’ landscape is shown like a vision—temples, tīrthas, and happy beings across worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kṛta Yuga is upheld as the archetype of purity and universal well-being—an ideal mirrored by the sanctity of the praised region.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya narrative; the precise tīrtha name is not included in the provided snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; it transitions the discourse into yuga-description and its virtues.