Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा । संमंत्र्य विबुधैः सार्धं प्रेषितोऽहं तवांतिकम्

Transliteration

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā | saṃmaṃtrya vibudhaiḥ sārdhaṃ preṣito'haṃ tavāṃtikam

Translation

Als Brahmā, der Schöpfer der Welten, ihre Worte vernommen hatte, beriet er sich mit den Göttern und sandte mich in deine Gegenwart.

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (वचनम् इति)

• vacanam: speech / statement
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• loka-kartṛṇā: by the creator of the worlds
• loka-kartṛṇā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + kartṛ (कर्तृ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध: लोकस्य कर्ता); पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः विशेषण

• saṃmaṃtrya: having consulted
• saṃmaṃtrya: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam + mantr (मन्त्र् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• vibudhaiḥ: with the gods / wise ones
• vibudhaiḥ: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• preṣitaḥ: was sent
• preṣitaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + iṣ (इष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (sent)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• antikam: near / to the presence
• antikam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे (as goal: to the presence)

Speaker

Nārada (messenger to Viṣṇu), implied by context (sent by Brahmā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā seated on lotus-throne in a celestial assembly, devas gathered; a messenger is commissioned and sent toward Viṣṇu’s abode.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūmi (Earth)
• Brahmā
• Devas
• Nārada
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-restoration is portrayed as a coordinated divine response—deliberation, counsel, and right action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse; it advances the narrative frame within the tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on divine deliberation and mission.