Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ता ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः । सर्वे देवाः सहेन्द्रेण गन्धर्वाप्सरसस्तथा

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare prāptā brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ | sarve devāḥ sahendreṇa gandharvāpsarasastathā

Translation

Just then, Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva, and the others arrived there; and with Indra came all the gods, along with the Gandharvas and the Apsarases.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अन्तरे: in the meantime
• अन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘in the interval/meanwhile’

• प्राप्ताः: arrived
• प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + त (कृत्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः ‘having arrived’

• ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः: Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and others
• ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + विष्णु + शिव + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Śiva and others’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; देवाः इति विशेषण

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सहेन्द्रेण: together with Indra
• सहेन्द्रेण: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘together with Indra’ (सह-समास)

• गन्धर्वाप्सरसः: Gandharvas and Apsarases
• गन्धर्वाप्सरसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व + अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘Gandharvas and Apsarases’

• तथा: also
• तथा: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/adverb) ‘also/likewise’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māhātmya-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant assembly descends: Brahmā on haṃsa, Viṣṇu with śaṅkha-cakra, Śiva with triśūla and gaṇas, Indra with vajra, surrounded by devas, Gandharvas, and Apsarases, all converging upon the sacred spot.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Śiva
• Indra
• Devas
• Gandharvas
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is to be established, divine forces gather in harmony—symbolizing cosmic cooperation for righteous purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 71); the immediate snippet does not name the tīrtha explicitly, but the setting is a sanctified place where Skanda’s divine mission is being prepared.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a narrative description of the divine assembly.