Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

केन संस्थापितास्ते च तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे गजाननाः । कस्मिन्काले च द्रष्टव्याः सर्वं विस्तरतो वद

Transliteration

kena saṃsthāpitāste ca tasminkṣetre gajānanāḥ | kasminkāle ca draṣṭavyāḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada

Translation

¿Por quién fueron establecidos en ese campo sagrado aquellos dioses de rostro elefante? ¿Y en qué momento deben ser contemplados para el darśana? Dilo todo con amplitud y detalle.

Word by Word

• kena: by whom?
• kena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• saṃsthāpitāḥ: were established
• saṃsthāpitāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/place
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• gajānanāḥ: elephant-faced ones (Gaṇeśas)
• gajānanāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kasmin: in which?
• kasmin: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• kāle: at what time
• kāle: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• draṣṭavyāḥ: are to be seen
• draṣṭavyāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, तव्यत् (gerundive/future passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• vistarataḥ: in detail
• vistarataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb: ‘in detail’)

• vada: tell (speak)
• vada: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (वद् धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (questioning Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A respectful inquirer (sage/pilgrim) asks a narrator about a sacred field where several Gaṇeśa images stand in different postures; the scene includes a map-like layout of shrines and a celestial clock/tithi symbols indicating darśana times.

Characters & Entities

• Gajānanā (Gaṇeśa)
• Kṣetra (holy site)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places preserve divine presence through consecration and tradition; knowing origin and proper time for darśana deepens the fruit of pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular kṣetra within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya is implied, but the name is not contained in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It asks about proper timing for darśana and about installation (saṃsthāpana), implying rules of pilgrimage and temple worship though not detailing them here.