Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

स्वर्गादीनां तथा याने भवन्तो गतयो ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

svargādīnāṃ tathā yāne bhavanto gatayo dhruvam

Translation

Et dans le voyage vers le ciel et les autres mondes élevés, vous êtes assurément les voies qui sont destinées.

Word by Word

• स्वर्गादीनाम्: of heavens and the like
• स्वर्गादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग-आदि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—स्वर्गः + आदि (आदिशब्देन अन्यलोकादीनां ग्रहणम्)

• तथा: thus; also
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: 'thus/also')

• याने: in the vehicle/means (of going)
• याने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• भवन्तः: you (honoured persons)
• भवन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम-प्राय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; आदरार्थे संबोधन-प्राय प्रयोगः

• गतयः: paths; destinations
• गतयः: Karta (Subject complement/प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ध्रुवम्: certainly
• ध्रुवम्: Sambandha (Sentence adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (indeclinable adverb: 'certainly')

Speaker

Unspecified (context suggests praise of brāhmaṇas/ritual guides as ‘paths’ to higher worlds)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous road or bridge emerging from a sacred ford, leading upward through clouds toward celestial cities; pilgrims follow behind a guiding sage; signposts are Sanskrit syllables and dharma symbols.

Characters & Entities

• Svarga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is transmitted through qualified guides; righteous conduct and proper guidance become the ‘path’ to higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific location is identified in this single line; it functions as a general doctrinal statement within the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse speaks broadly about ‘means’ (gatayaḥ) to svarga and higher attainments.