Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अनेन नृत्यमानेन जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् । नृत्यं करोति देवेश तस्माद्गत्वा निवारय

Transliteration

anena nṛtyamānena jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam | nṛtyaṃ karoti deveśa tasmādgatvā nivāraya

Translation

Weil dieser tanzt, hat die ganze Welt—das Unbewegte wie das Bewegte—zu tanzen begonnen. Darum, o Herr der Götter, geh hin und halte es zurück.

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this (one)
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण

• नृत्यमानेन: by the one who is dancing
• नृत्यमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-वर्तमान कृदन्त ‘नृत्यमान’; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘by the dancing (one)’

• जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्: the world of stationary and moving beings
• जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + स्थावर + जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समस्तपद; कर्म

• नृत्यम्: dance
• नृत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• करोति: does, makes
• करोति: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवेश: O Lord of the gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; ‘देवानाम् ईशः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (ablatival adverb) ‘therefore/from that reason’

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having gone’

• निवारय: stop, restrain
• निवारय: Kriya (Command/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+वार् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Devagaṇāḥ (the gods) addressing Vṛṣabhavāhana (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura-kshetra (amplifying locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas urgently report to Śiva: the entire moving and unmoving world has begun to dance; the scene juxtaposes cosmic trembling with Śiva’s poised readiness to intervene.

Characters & Entities

• devagaṇa (gods)
• Deveśa (Śiva)
• jagat (world)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest spiritual power must serve jagad-hita (the good of the world), not destabilize it.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha episode; it focuses on cosmic impact rather than naming the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a direct supplication to Śiva to intervene.