Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

चकार च सुखी राज्यं त्रैलोक्येऽपि द्विजोत्तमाः । यज्ञभागान्पुनर्लेभे यथार्थं च धरातले

Transliteration

cakāra ca sukhī rājyaṃ trailokye'pi dvijottamāḥ | yajñabhāgānpunarlebhe yathārthaṃ ca dharātale

Translation

Et il régna dans la félicité—même sur les trois mondes, ô meilleur des deux-fois-nés. Sur la terre, il recouvra de nouveau, selon le dharma, les parts légitimes des sacrifices.

Word by Word

• चकार: did, performed
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शक्रस्य)

• राज्यम्: kingdom, rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Address (Sambodhana/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (हे द्विजोत्तमाः)

• यज्ञभागान्: shares/portions of sacrifice
• यज्ञभागान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य भागाः)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• लेभे: obtained, regained
• लेभे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यथार्थम्: properly, as is right
• यथार्थम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (according to reality/rightly)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• धरातले: on the earth’s surface
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijoत्तमाः (addressed audience: best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra enthroned in Amarāvatī, the three worlds orderly; on earth, priests offer oblations as devas receive their rightful portions, symbolizing restored harmony.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (implied)
• Three worlds (Trailokya)
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is restored, yajña and rightful order return; legitimate authority is linked with proper sacrificial reciprocity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is thematic (cosmic order) rather than site-specific, within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription is given, but yajña-bhāga (sacrificial entitlement) is referenced as a marker of restored ritual order.