Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

तत्प्रभावादयं जातो व्यवहारो धरातले

Transliteration

tatprabhāvādayaṃ jāto vyavahāro dharātale

Translation

Par la puissance de cette présence sacrée, cet état de choses est né sur la terre.

Word by Word

• tat-prabhāvāt: from that power/effect
• tat-prabhāvāt: Hetu (cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; समासः—तस्य प्रभावः; पञ्चमी-हेतौ (ablative of cause)

• ayam: this
• ayam: Karta (subject)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• jātaḥ: arisen/occurred
• jātaḥ: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √jan (जन्) + kta (क्त) → jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• vyavahāraḥ: practice/custom/transaction
• vyavahāraḥ: Karta (subject/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyavahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• dharā-tale: on the surface of the earth
• dharā-tale: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharā + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; समासः—धरायाः तलम्

Speaker

Devas addressing Indra (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm panoramic view: the shrine at the center radiates subtle light; around it, orderly human life—markets, rituals, learning—unfolds harmoniously, suggesting dharmic stability emanating from the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Hāṭakeśvara (implied)
• Earth (Dharātala)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred power (prabhāva) can reshape worldly outcomes, revealing that divine grace operates within moral causality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers back to Hāṭakeśvara’s established presence and its transformative influence on the world.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it explains the causal basis (prabhāva) behind the tīrtha’s effects.