Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तद्युष्माकं हितार्थाय पंचरात्रं धरातले । आगमिष्यत्यसंदिग्धं मम वाक्यप्रणोदितम्

Transliteration

tadyuṣmākaṃ hitārthāya paṃcarātraṃ dharātale | āgamiṣyatyasaṃdigdhaṃ mama vākyapraṇoditam

Translation

Ainsi, pour votre bien, cela viendra assurément sur la terre durant cinq nuits, poussé par ma parole, sans le moindre doute.

Word by Word

• tat: that (event/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• yuṣmākam: of you (all)
• yuṣmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• hitārthāya: for (your) welfare/purpose
• hitārthāya: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hita (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘हितस्य अर्थः’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष, प्रयोजनार्थे दत्तिविभक्ति

• paṃcarātram: the five-night observance
• paṃcarātram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṃca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + rātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (‘पञ्च रात्राः’ = five nights)

• dharātale: on the earth’s surface
• dharātale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘धरायाः तलम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• āgamiṣyati: will come/occur
• āgamiṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु) उपसर्गः ā-
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• asaṃdigdham: undoubtedly
• asaṃdigdham: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (निषेध) + saṃdigdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vākya-praṇoditam: prompted by (my) words
• vākya-praṇoditam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vākya (प्रातिपदिक) + praṇodita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √nud (नुद्) + pra- + नि, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘वाक्येन प्रणोदितम्’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (past passive participle)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous being (pitāmaha-like, Brahmaloka-associated) speaks to assembled brāhmaṇas at a riverside/ghāṭa tīrtha, declaring a certain five-night descent to earth for their welfare.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara (implied)
• Pañcarātra (five nights)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine compassion appoints specific times when sacred power becomes especially accessible for human welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara tīrtha is implied as manifesting on earth for a pañcarātra period.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An auspicious duration is indicated—five nights—suggesting a time-window for intensified tīrtha observances (snāna, etc.).