Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

मया दत्तेऽतिरम्ये च सर्वभोगसमन्विते । तस्माद्व्रजत तत्रैव परित्यज्य महीतलम्

Transliteration

mayā datte'tiramye ca sarvabhogasamanvite | tasmādvrajata tatraiva parityajya mahītalam

Translation

Je l’ai accordé : d’une beauté exquise et pourvu de toutes jouissances. Allez donc là-bas, en abandonnant le plan terrestre.

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता/करण (Agent/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (instrumental singular)

• दत्ते: in the given (place)
• दत्ते: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘दत्त’; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (locative agreeing with implied ‘स्थाने/लोके’)

• अतिरम्ये: in the very delightful (place)
• अतिरम्ये: अधिकरण (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम्

• सर्व-भोग-समन्विते: endowed with all enjoyments
• सर्व-भोग-समन्विते: अधिकरण (Location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भोग (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वभोगैः समन्वितः/समन्वितम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: अपादान (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (ablative singular)

• व्रजत: go (you all)
• व्रजत: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (आज्ञार्थकः/imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: सम्बन्ध (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम्

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: पूर्वक्रिया (Absolutive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having abandoned)

• महीतलम्: the earth’s surface
• महीतलम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Granted nāga-nivāsa (pātāla-kshetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nāgas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deity (Lotus-born implied by next verse) gestures toward a radiant subterranean city: jeweled halls, wish-fulfilling trees, lotus pools—inviting the nāgas to depart the earth and settle there.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prosperity and protection are portrayed as boons when aligned with divine command and rightful place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage prepares for the glorification of the Nāgas’ appointed sacred settlement, later identified as Cāmatkārapura-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is an instruction to relocate to a divinely appointed abode.