Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

ततो ब्रह्मसभामध्ये ह्यहं तैर्देवकिंकरैः । तादृग्रूपो विचक्षुश्च धारितो ब्रह्मणः पुरः

Transliteration

tato brahmasabhāmadhye hyahaṃ tairdevakiṃkaraiḥ | tādṛgrūpo vicakṣuśca dhārito brahmaṇaḥ puraḥ

Translation

Then, in the midst of Brahmā’s assembly, those divine attendants brought me—endowed with such a form and radiant sight—into the presence of Brahmā himself.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/काल-देश-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: ‘तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्’

• brahma-sabhā-madhye: in the assembly-hall of Brahmā
• brahma-sabhā-madhye: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक) + sabhā (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘ब्रह्मणः सभा’ + तत्पुरुषः ‘सभायाः मध्ये’

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

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

• taiḥ: by those
• taiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; ‘देवकिंकरैः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• deva-kiṃkaraiḥ: by the servants of the gods
• deva-kiṃkaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + kiṃkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘देवानां किंकराः’

• tādṛk-rūpaḥ: having such a form
• tādṛk-rūpaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛś (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘तादृशं रूपं यस्य’ (here: ‘such-formed’)

• vicakṣuḥ: clear-sighted, perceptive
• vicakṣuḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicakṣus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘अहम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• dhāritaḥ: was held/placed
• dhāritaḥ: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त/क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘धृतः/स्थापितः’

• brahmaṇaḥ: of Brahmā
• brahmaṇaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• puraḥ: in front (of)
• puraḥ: Adhikarana (Locative sense/स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: puras (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे ‘पुरतः’

Speaker

Unspecified (same repentant former king speaking)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kumbhaja (Agastya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant figure is escorted by deva-kiṅkaras into Brahmā’s vast golden assembly hall; Brahmā sits four-faced on a lotus-throne, surrounded by devas and sages.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Brahmā's assembly (brahmasabhā)
• deva-kiṃkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s grace is depicted as granting access to higher realms and divine presence, affirming the potency of sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s tīrtha (the sacred water ‘here’) whose power culminates in the soul’s being led to Brahmā’s court.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it continues the narrative of the fruit arising from the earlier snāna/immersion.