Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततो देवाः सगंधर्वा हर्षनिर्भरमानसाः । तुष्टुवुस्तं जगन्नाथं सत्यलोकात्समागताः

Transliteration

tato devāḥ sagaṃdharvā harṣanirbharamānasāḥ | tuṣṭuvustaṃ jagannāthaṃ satyalokātsamāgatāḥ

Translation

Alors les dieux, avec les Gandharvas, le cœur débordant de joie, vinrent de Satyaloka et célébrèrent ce Seigneur de l’univers.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — क्रियाविशेषण (then)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural masculine

• सगन्धर्वाः: along with the Gandharvas
• सगन्धर्वाः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — अव्ययीभाव-समास: स + गन्धर्वाः = ‘with the Gandharvas’; nominative plural

• हर्षनिर्भरमानसाः: whose minds were full of joy
• हर्षनिर्भरमानसाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्भर (प्रातिपदिक) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: हर्षेण निर्भरं मानसं येषाम्/हर्षनिर्भरं मानसम्; adjectival, agrees with देवाः

• तुष्टुवुः: praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person plural: ‘they praised’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Pronoun, accusative singular masculine

• जगन्नाथम्: the Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष: जगतः नाथः; accusative singular

• सत्यलोकात्: from Satyaloka
• सत्यलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यलोक (प्रातिपदिक: सत्य + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान), एकवचन — Ablative singular: from Satyaloka

• समागताः: having arrived
• समागताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु) → समागत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — PPP (kta): ‘having come/arrived’; agrees with देवाः

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Lord of the universe stands or is envisioned in the center; devas and gandharvas arrive from Satyaloka, hands folded, some with vīṇā and drums, offering hymns amid a luminous sky over the forest.

Characters & Entities

• Devāḥ
• Gandharvāḥ
• Jagannātha
• Satyaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is restored, the cosmic order responds with praise—devotional stuti naturally arises around the Lord’s protective acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya, whose sanctity is highlighted by the descent of beings from Satyaloka to offer praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, stuti (praise) as a devotional response; no formal rite is prescribed in the verse.