Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तथा शम्भुश्च शक्रश्च वासुदेवस्तथैव च । ये चान्ये विबुधास्तत्र संस्थिता यज्ञमंडपे

Transliteration

tathā śambhuśca śakraśca vāsudevastathaiva ca | ye cānye vibudhāstatra saṃsthitā yajñamaṃḍape

Translation

De même s’y trouvaient Śambhu (Śiva), Śakra (Indra) et Vāsudeva ; ainsi que d’autres êtres célestes, debout dans le pavillon du sacrifice.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; also
• तथा: Sambandha (connective/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable; ‘thus/also’)

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (connective/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (विशेषण)

• विबुधाः: gods; wise beings
• विबुधाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संस्थिताः: standing; present
• संस्थिताः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; ‘स्थित’ (having stood/being present)

• यज्ञमण्डपे: in the sacrificial pavilion
• यज्ञमण्डपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य मण्डपः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not present in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous yajña-maṇḍapa with blazing āhavanīya fire; Śiva (Śambhu) serene with matted locks and crescent moon, Indra (Śakra) with vajra and regal ornaments, and Vāsudeva with conch-disc-mace-lotus, all standing as witnesses among other devas and ṛṣis.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vāsudeva
• vibudhāḥ
• yajñamaṇḍapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray yajña as a cosmic gathering where devas witness and uphold (or withdraw from) dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse lists divine attendees at the yajña.