Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ततश्च भगवान्रुद्रस्ताः समाहूय मातरः । प्रोवाच त्यज्यतां स्थानं भवत्यो यत्र संस्थिताः

Transliteration

tataśca bhagavānrudrastāḥ samāhūya mātaraḥ | provāca tyajyatāṃ sthānaṃ bhavatyo yatra saṃsthitāḥ

Translation

Alors le Bienheureux Rudra convoqua ces Mères et dit : «Quittez le lieu où vous êtes établies.»

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• रुद्रः: Rudra
• रुद्रः: कर्ता (Subject; apposition to भगवान्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ताः: them (those women)
• ताः: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• समाहूय: having summoned
• समाहूय: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Having done...)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• मातरः: the Mothers
• मातरः: कर्म (Object; apposition to ताः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्यज्यताम्: let (it) be abandoned
• त्यज्यताम्: आज्ञार्थ-क्रिया (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थानम्: the place
• स्थानम्: कर्म (Object of tyajyatām)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवत्यः: O ladies (honorific)
• भवत्यः: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: अधिकरण (Locus in relative clause)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• संस्थिताः: are situated/standing
• संस्थिताः: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective of भवत्यः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/कर्तरि कृदन्त (past participle: 'standing/being situated'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rudra, majestic and stern, summons the Mātṛkās; the Mothers appear as a semicircle of powerful feminine deities; Rudra gestures commandingly, instructing them to leave their station.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Mātaraḥ (Mātṛkās)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order reorganizes sacred powers for the welfare and purity of a tīrtha; even cosmic beings act under dharmic command.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 106), describing governance of a local sacred place through Rudra’s command.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it narrates a relocation directive that functions as a purificatory corrective for the sacred area.