Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सात्वतेनापि सांबेन बलभद्रेण धीमता । प्रद्युमेनानिरुद्धेन तथान्यैर्मुख्ययादवैः

Transliteration

sātvatenāpi sāṃbena balabhadreṇa dhīmatā | pradyumenāniruddhena tathānyairmukhyayādavaiḥ

Translation

Auch Sātvata, Sāmba, der weise Balabhadra, Pradyumna, Aniruddha und andere führende Yādavas nahmen teil und schlossen sich dem heiligen Werk an, das mit der Größe des heiligen Feldes verbunden ist.

Word by Word

• सात्वतेन: by Sātvata (a Yādava)
• सात्वतेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (particle: “also, even”)

• साम्बेन: by Sāmba
• साम्बेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• बलभद्रेण: by Balabhadra
• बलभद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• धीमता: by the wise (one)
• धीमता: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् बलभद्रेण (wise, intelligent)

• प्रद्युमेन: by Pradyumna
• प्रद्युमेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• अनिरुद्धेन: by Aniruddha
• अनिरुद्धेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ/प्रकारवाचक (thus/likewise)

• अन्यैः: by other
• अन्यैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् यदवैः (by other...)

• मुख्ययादवैः: by the chief Yādavas
• मुख्ययादवैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; “by the chief Yādavas”

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of Yādava princes—Sāmba, Balabhadra, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and others—arrive with offerings, joining priests and elders in the kṣetra’s consecration activities; banners, chariots, and ritual vessels fill the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Sātvata
• Sāmba
• Balabhadra (Balarāma)
• Pradyumna
• Aniruddha
• Yādavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great merit arises when eminent devotees join together in dharmic acts at a sacred site, strengthening faith and communal worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Participation in the broader sacred act (context: liṅga installation and worship) at the tīrtha; the verse itself lists participants.