Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

येन सत्येन तेन त्वमत्रावासं द्रुतं कुरु । सान्निध्यं भक्तितस्तुष्टा सुरासुरनमस्कृते

Transliteration

yena satyena tena tvamatrāvāsaṃ drutaṃ kuru | sānnidhyaṃ bhaktitastuṣṭā surāsuranamaskṛte

Translation

Durch jene Wahrheit, so nimm hier eilends Wohnung. Von Hingabe erfreut, gewähre deine lebendige Nähe—o Du, die von Devas wie Asuras gleichermaßen verehrt wird.

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/हेतौ (by which/with which)

• सत्येन: by truth
• सत्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• तेन: therefore
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तेन (therefore/with that)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• आवासम्: dwelling, residence
• आवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कुरु: do, make
• कुरु: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सान्निध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सान्निध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• भक्तितः: from devotion, out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे/हेतौ (from devotion / due to devotion)

• तुष्टा: pleased
• तुष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सुरासुरनमस्कृते: O one saluted by gods and demons
• सुरासुरनमस्कृते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + असुर + नमस्कृत (प्रातिपदिक); नमस् + कृ (धातु) + क्त
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘सुरैः असुरैः च नमस्कृता’ इति; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Niṣadhādhipati (the lord/king of Niṣadha), offering Devī-stuti (invocation for presence at the place)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-king stands with folded hands at a sacred spot, invoking the Goddess to ‘dwell here’ and grant her living presence; gods and asuras are shown in the background offering salutations, emphasizing her universal veneration.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Suras
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and truthfulness invite divine presence; sacred space becomes living through the deity’s sānnidhya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse explicitly asks the Goddess to dwell “here,” indicating a local tīrtha setting in chapter 54; the exact name is not provided in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An invocation is made for āvāsa and sānnidhya through bhakti; no detailed ritual steps are specified.