Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

निवेद्य च महेशानं प्रेषिता मुनयो ययुः । ततो लग्नदिने देवा महेन्द्रादय ईश्वरम्

Transliteration

nivedya ca maheśānaṃ preṣitā munayo yayuḥ | tato lagnadine devā mahendrādaya īśvaram

Translation

Après avoir remis le message à Maheśāna, les sages dépêchés s’en allèrent. Puis, au jour faste des noces, les dieux—Indra et les autres—vinrent rendre hommage au Seigneur.

Word by Word

• निवेद्य: having reported
• निवेद्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु) + क्त्वा/ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having informed/submitted’

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• महेशानम्: Maheśāna (Śiva)
• महेशानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रेषिताः: sent
• प्रेषिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-इष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘having been sent’

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ययुः: went
• ययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Avyaya (Sequence/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablative adverb)

• लग्नदिने: on the auspicious day (of the lagna)
• लग्नदिने: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लग्न + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (लग्नस्य दिनम्)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• महेन्द्रादयः: (those) beginning with Indra
• महेन्द्रादयः: Karta (Appositional subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (महेन्द्रः आदिः येषाम्) ‘beginning with Mahendra’

• ईश्वरम्: the Lord (Śiva)
• ईश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Deductive (narrator in Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the wedding day, the sky fills with devas—Indra foremost—bearing garlands, vessels, and offerings; the kṣetra shines with banners, lamps, and flower-rain; Śiva is honored as Īśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśāna (Śiva)
• Munis/Sages
• Mahendra (Indra)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred acts are strengthened by right timing and collective reverence—cosmic harmony gathers around dharmic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the chapter’s broader frame is tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of an auspicious lagna (proper time) for the wedding rite is indicated.