Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वाणि पीठानि यानि संति धरातले । तानि तत्रानयामास मंत्रशक्त्या महामुनिः

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvāṇi pīṭhāni yāni saṃti dharātale | tāni tatrānayāmāsa maṃtraśaktyā mahāmuniḥ

Translation

Daraufhin brachte der große Weise durch die Kraft des Mantras alle heiligen Pīṭhas, die auf Erden bestehen, an jenen Ort.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपपद-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): 'thereafter/from that'

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• पीठानि: seats/sacred seats (pīṭhas)
• पीठानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (relative pronoun; Neuter, Nom/Acc, Pl.)

• सन्ति: are/exist
• सन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Present, 3rd, Pl.)

• धरातले: on the earth’s surface
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Loc., Sg.)

• तानि: those (pīṭhas)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Acc., Pl.)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अनयामास: brought
• अनयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense via prefix आ- (3rd Sg. Perfect: 'brought/led')

• मन्त्रशक्त्या: by the power of mantra
• मन्त्रशक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र-शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; मन्त्र + शक्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Feminine, Instr., Sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mantra-śakti: 'power of mantra')

• महामुनिः: the great sage
• महामुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि (प्रातिपदिक; महा + मुनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Sg.); कर्मधारय (great sage)

Speaker

Narrator (unmarked in verse; third-person narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A great sage stands in a consecrated precinct; luminous pīṭhas/altars from across the earth appear and assemble around him, drawn by mantra-force like constellations forming a mandala.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya (Mahāmuni)
• Pīṭhas
• Mantra-śakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography is not merely physical; mantra and tapas can concentrate and reveal the power of holy centers for dharma’s purposes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A focal site (tatra) becomes a convergence point for all pīṭhas; the verse glorifies the gathered sanctity rather than a single named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it implies mantra-siddhi and the invocation/relocation of sacred power through mantra-śakti.