Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

त्वया चैव विशेषेण यावद्राजा बृहद्बलः । आनर्तविषये राजा यो यः स्यात्स प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

tvayā caiva viśeṣeṇa yāvadrājā bṛhadbalaḥ | ānartaviṣaye rājā yo yaḥ syātsa prayacchati

Translation

«Y por ti en particular—mientras tú, rey de gran poder, reines—en la tierra de Ānarta, cualquier gobernante que haya, cada uno contribuye y concede sustento».

Word by Word

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana/Agent-marker (Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial instrumental)

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Avadhi (Limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-अव्यय (limit ‘as long as’)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• बृहद्बलः: of great strength
• बृहद्बलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बृहत् + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (‘great is whose strength’)

• आनर्तविषये: in the Ānarta region
• आनर्तविषये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनर्त + विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘in the region of Ānarta’)

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्त-सम्बन्धक (‘whoever’)

• स्यात्: may be/is (whoever is)
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Correlative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रयच्छति: gives/bestows
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing the reigning king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-viṣaya (regional sacred geography)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (bṛhad-bala)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇas praise the king’s might and administrative reach: a map-like sense of the Ānarta region with subordinate rulers bringing offerings, symbolizing a federation of support.

Characters & Entities

• Ānarta
• bṛhadbala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous king inspires coordinated dharmic giving—support for sacred places becomes a shared duty across rulers and regions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse foregrounds the Ānarta region within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa setting; the exact tīrtha is not named in this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual act is detailed; the emphasis is on ongoing dāna/support (prayacchati) for religious maintenance.