Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

सत्वरं प्रययौ तत्र सर्वैर्देवगणैः सह । प्रणिपत्य ततस्तं स ब्रह्माणं वाक्यमब्रवीत्

Transliteration

satvaraṃ prayayau tatra sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ saha | praṇipatya tatastaṃ sa brahmāṇaṃ vākyamabravīt

Translation

En hâte, il s’y rendit avec toutes les troupes des dieux. Puis, s’étant prosterné, il adressa à Brahmā ces paroles.

Word by Word

• satvaram: quickly
• satvaram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण)

• prayayau: went
• prayayau: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: i (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग-प्र (pra+yayau)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• sarvaiḥ: with all
• sarvaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), बहुवचन; विशेषण (देवगणैः)

• devagaṇaiḥ: with the groups of gods
• devagaṇaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (devānāṃ gaṇāḥ)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहार्थक निपात)

• praṇipatya: having bowed down
• praṇipatya: Kriyā (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-ṇi-pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकाले क्रिया

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमवाचक/ततः = then)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• brahmāṇam: Brahmā
• brahmāṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• vākyam: words / speech
• vākyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, implied Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara-traya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, accompanied by hosts of gods, hastens to Brahmā, bows, and begins to speak—an assembly of radiant figures in a cosmic hall.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Deva-gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence and humility before the cosmic order—divine action begins with respectful surrender and right speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya within Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrtha-māhātmya, connected with the Pushkara-traya account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it sets the scene for forthcoming yajña-related instructions.