Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

येन सत्येन तेन त्वमत्रावासं द्रुतं कुरु । सान्निध्यं भक्तितस्तुष्टा सुरासुरनमस्कृते

Transliteration

yena satyena tena tvamatrāvāsaṃ drutaṃ kuru | sānnidhyaṃ bhaktitastuṣṭā surāsuranamaskṛte

Translation

Par cette vérité, viens donc établir ici ta demeure sans tarder. Satisfaite par la dévotion, accorde ta présence vivante, ô Toi que saluent également dieux et asuras.

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे/हेतौ (by which/with which)

• सत्येन: by truth
• सत्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• तेन: therefore
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तेन (therefore/with that)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• आवासम्: dwelling, residence
• आवासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कुरु: do, make
• कुरु: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सान्निध्यम्: presence, proximity
• सान्निध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• भक्तितः: from devotion, out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थे/हेतौ (from devotion / due to devotion)

• तुष्टा: pleased
• तुष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सुरासुरनमस्कृते: O one saluted by gods and demons
• सुरासुरनमस्कृते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + असुर + नमस्कृत (प्रातिपदिक); नमस् + कृ (धातु) + क्त
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः) ‘सुरैः असुरैः च नमस्कृता’ इति; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Niṣadhādhipati (the lord/king of Niṣadha), offering Devī-stuti (invocation for presence at the place)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-king stands with folded hands at a sacred spot, invoking the Goddess to ‘dwell here’ and grant her living presence; gods and asuras are shown in the background offering salutations, emphasizing her universal veneration.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Suras
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and truthfulness invite divine presence; sacred space becomes living through the deity’s sānnidhya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse explicitly asks the Goddess to dwell “here,” indicating a local tīrtha setting in chapter 54; the exact name is not provided in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An invocation is made for āvāsa and sānnidhya through bhakti; no detailed ritual steps are specified.