Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच साहाय्यमेतदस्माकं भवदीयं महोरगाः । गत्वानेन समं शीघ्रं नागराजेन तिष्ठत

Transliteration

brahmovāca sāhāyyametadasmākaṃ bhavadīyaṃ mahoragāḥ | gatvānena samaṃ śīghraṃ nāgarājena tiṣṭhata

Translation

Dijo Brahmā: «Oh grandes serpientes, esta ayuda vuestra es por nuestro bien. Id pronto con él y permaneced en guardia junto al rey de los Nāgas».

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• साहाय्यम्: help, assistance
• साहाय्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहाय्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (साहाय्यम्)

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• भवदीयम्: your (belonging to you)
• भवदीयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भवदीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (साहाय्यम्)

• महोरगाः: O great serpents
• महोरगाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), बहुवचन

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• अनेन: with this one / with him
• अनेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• समम्: together
• समम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘together/equally’

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नागराजेन: with the Nāga-king
• नागराजेन: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सहार्थे

• तिष्ठत: stay, stand
• तिष्ठत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgatīrtha (destination implied)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahoragāḥ (great Nāgas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā issues a crisp directive; Nāgas receive orders like a disciplined guard corps, preparing to accompany the Nāgarāja to a designated sacred station.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Nāgas
• Nāgarāja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites (yajña) are to be protected with vigilance; divine order is maintained through timely, disciplined service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgatīrtha is being set up as the focal sacred site in this adhyāya’s narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction to stand guard and assist—protecting the yajña as a dharmic duty.