Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 171

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्र उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तेषां प्रहृष्टः पाकशासनः । पूजयित्वा द्विजान्सर्वान्गतोऽथ त्रिदिवालयम्

Transliteration

viśvāmitra uvāca | tacchrutvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | pūjayitvā dvijānsarvāngato'tha tridivālayam

Translation

Viśvāmitra dit : Ayant entendu leurs paroles, Pākaśāsana (Indra) fut transporté de joie ; après avoir honoré tous les dvija, il se rendit ensuite à sa demeure céleste.

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvāmitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• वचनम्: speech, words
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वलिङ्ग-प्रयोग (pronominal)

• प्रहृष्टः: delighted
• प्रहृष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-hṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हृष्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पाकशासनः: Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• पाकशासनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāka-śāsana (प्रातिपदिक; पाक + शासन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पाकस्य शासनः)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped/honoured
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• गतः: went
• गतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थ (then/now)

• त्रिदिवालयम्: the abode of the three heavens (heavenly abode)
• त्रिदिवालयम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-diva-ālaya (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + दिव + आलय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष (त्रिदिवानां आलयम्)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana Tīrtha (chapter context)

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nara-adhipa (king; the inquirer in this cycle)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, radiant and relieved, offers respectful worship to assembled twice-born sages; after blessings, he ascends toward Svarga.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• Dvijas
• Tridiva (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the king of gods models humility: honoring the twice-born is integral to dharma and completes sacred observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The action occurs in the Bālamaṇḍanatīrtha/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dvija-pūjā (honoring Brāhmaṇas) is explicitly performed and implicitly recommended.