Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तेन ते सर्वलोकेषु गताः ख्यातिं पुरा नृप

Transliteration

tena te sarvalokeṣu gatāḥ khyātiṃ purā nṛpa

Translation

Ainsi, ô Roi, depuis jadis ils ont acquis la renommée à travers tous les mondes.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karana/Hetu (Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; 'by that/therefore' (instrumental of cause)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; pronoun = 'they'

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोक (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी बहुवचनम्; अधिकरण = 'in all worlds'

• गताः: attained/went
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; √गम् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त used predicatively = 'went/attained'

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; object of attainment

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Avyaya (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb) = 'formerly'

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम्; संबोधन

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (explicit vocative nṛpa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic ‘three worlds’ tableau where the Viśvedevāḥ are honored—devas in heaven, humans performing śrāddha on earth, pitṛs receiving in the ancestral realm—signifying universal renown.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvedevāḥ (implied)
• King (nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Those who uphold and protect Dharma—especially sacred rites like Śrāddha—gain enduring, world-spanning renown.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Śrāddha teaching embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new procedure is added here; it reinforces the prior instruction by praising the recipients’ cosmic status.