Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

नागतीर्थे ततः स्थेयं सर्वैस्तत्र समास्थितैः

Transliteration

nāgatīrthe tataḥ stheyaṃ sarvaistatra samāsthitaiḥ

Translation

“Thereafter, all of you assembled there should remain stationed at Nāgatīrtha.”

Word by Word

• नागतीर्थे: at the Nāga-tīrtha
• नागतीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः: नाग + तीर्थ

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverb) ‘thereafter/from there’

• स्थेयम्: one should stay / it is to be stayed
• स्थेयम्: Vidhi (Injunctive obligation/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-भावः ‘should be stayed’

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (समास्थितैः)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Desha-adhikarana (Locative adverb/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• समास्थितैः: by those who are assembled/standing together
• समास्थितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘स्थित’ अर्थे

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nāgas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm but alert tableau: Nāgas positioned around a tīrtha—riverbank/pond/ford—forming a protective ring, stillness charged with vigilance.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgatīrtha
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy places are upheld by steadfast guardianship and collective commitment to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To remain stationed at the tīrtha—implying ongoing protection and sanctification of the place.