Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणा लोककर्तृणा । संमंत्र्य विबुधैः सार्धं प्रेषितोऽहं तवांतिकम्

Transliteration

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaṇā lokakartṛṇā | saṃmaṃtrya vibudhaiḥ sārdhaṃ preṣito'haṃ tavāṃtikam

Translation

Ayant entendu ses paroles, Brahmā, le créateur des mondes, après s’être concerté avec les dieux, m’a envoyé auprès de toi.

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (वचनम् इति)

• vacanam: speech / statement
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• brahmaṇā: by Brahmā
• brahmaṇā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (ब्रह्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• loka-kartṛṇā: by the creator of the worlds
• loka-kartṛṇā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + kartṛ (कर्तृ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध: लोकस्य कर्ता); पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः विशेषण

• saṃmaṃtrya: having consulted
• saṃmaṃtrya: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam + mantr (मन्त्र् धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• vibudhaiḥ: with the gods / wise ones
• vibudhaiḥ: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• preṣitaḥ: was sent
• preṣitaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + iṣ (इष् धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (sent)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (युष्मद् सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• antikam: near / to the presence
• antikam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे (as goal: to the presence)

Speaker

Nārada (messenger to Viṣṇu), implied by context (sent by Brahmā)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā seated on lotus-throne in a celestial assembly, devas gathered; a messenger is commissioned and sent toward Viṣṇu’s abode.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūmi (Earth)
• Brahmā
• Devas
• Nārada
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-restoration is portrayed as a coordinated divine response—deliberation, counsel, and right action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this verse; it advances the narrative frame within the tīrtha-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on divine deliberation and mission.