Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

पातालादुद्धृता येन पृथ्वी सा लोककारिणा । अस्या दानेन च सदा प्रीयतां मे जनार्दनः

Transliteration

pātālāduddhṛtā yena pṛthvī sā lokakāriṇā | asyā dānena ca sadā prīyatāṃ me janārdanaḥ

Translation

Celui par qui la Terre fut relevée du monde souterrain—le bienfaiteur des mondes : par le don de cette Terre, que Janārdana soit à jamais satisfait de moi.

Word by Word

• पातालात्: from the netherworld
• पातालात्: Apadana (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (अपादान/Ablative), एकवचन

• उद्धृता: lifted up/rescued
• उद्धृता: Karma-bhava (Predicate of object)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्+हृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पृथ्वी-विशेष्य

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Agent-instrument; by whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• पृथ्वी: the Earth
• पृथ्वी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सा: that
• सा: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; पृथ्वी-विशेषण

• लोककारिणा: by the benefactor of the world
• लोककारिणा: Karana (By the world-benefactor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (लोकस्य कारिन्), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; येन इत्यस्य विशेषण

• अस्याः: of this (Earth/image)
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Of this)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दानेन: by the gift
• दानेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• प्रीयताम्: may (he) be pleased
• प्रीयताम्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (let him be pleased)

• मे: my/for me
• मे: Sambandha (Of me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive) एकवचन; enclitic form

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (mantra/utterance embedded in the ritual instruction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Varāha imagery overlays the ritual: the boar-headed Viṣṇu lifting Bhūdevī from cosmic waters, while a devotee offers an earth-symbol (clod/miniature globe/golden form) with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthvī
• Janārdana
• Pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered in remembrance of Viṣṇu’s cosmic protection (saving the Earth) becomes an act of gratitude and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but no named tīrtha appears in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A devotional utterance (mantra-like prayer) is recited while offering the ‘Earth’ gift, seeking Janārdana’s pleasure.