Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

नादेयं किंचिदस्तीह देवदेवस्य शूलिनः । संप्रहृष्टस्य तद्वाक्यात्तस्मादाराधयस्व तम्

Transliteration

nādeyaṃ kiṃcidastīha devadevasya śūlinaḥ | saṃprahṛṣṭasya tadvākyāttasmādārādhayasva tam

Translation

Hier gibt es nichts, was Śūlin, der Gott der Götter, wenn er wohlgefällig gestimmt ist, „nicht zu geben“ hätte. Darum, gestützt auf dieses Wort, verehre Ihn.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• आदेयम्: to be refused/not to be given
• आदेयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate adjective/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रमाण (indefinite: something)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: देवानां देवः (god of gods)

• शूलिनः: of Śūlin (the trident-bearer, Śiva)
• शूलिनः: Sambandha (Apposition/genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संप्रहृष्टस्य: of the delighted/overjoyed (one)
• संप्रहृष्टस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तद्वाक्यात्: from that statement
• तद्वाक्यात्: Apadana (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्-वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: तस्य वाक्यम् (his word/speech)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• आराधयस्व: worship/propitiate
• आराधयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context suggests a guide instructing Candra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Candra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Romaka declares Śūlin’s limitless giving when pleased, urging the Moon to worship; Śiva is envisioned as the ultimate refuge behind the counsel.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūlin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the Lord is pleased, divine grace is unrestricted; the proper response is devoted worship (ārādhana).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the implied sacred setting of the instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) of Śiva is explicitly enjoined.