Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तस्मात्त्वं कुरु देवेश यथा स्यात्पादुकाक्षयः । प्रभवंति मखा भूमावस्माकं स्युः परा मुदः

Transliteration

tasmāttvaṃ kuru deveśa yathā syātpādukākṣayaḥ | prabhavaṃti makhā bhūmāvasmākaṃ syuḥ parā mudaḥ

Translation

C’est pourquoi, ô Seigneur des dieux, fais en sorte qu’advienne la « diminution de la Pādukā », afin que les sacrifices refleurissent sur la terre et que nous goûtions la joie suprême.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/Reason)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (तद्-शब्द; सर्वनाम)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रायः; हेत्वर्थे अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘तस्मात्’ = therefore/from that

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुरु: do, make
• कुरु: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः)

• यथा: so that, in such a way that
• यथा: Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपायवाचक (so that/as)

• स्यात्: may be, should become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पादुकाक्षयः: the imperishability of the sandals
• पादुकाक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादुका + अक्षय (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पादुकायाः अक्षयः)

• प्रभवन्ति: arise, come into being
• प्रभवन्ति: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मखाः: sacrifices
• मखाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भूमौ: on the earth
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us, our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्युः: may be
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• पराः: supreme, great
• पराः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (मुदः)

• मुदः: joys, delights
• मुदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्/मुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukā (site/object) — exact name unspecified in given verses

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas with folded hands beseeching the Lord; a symbolic pādukā (divine sandals/footprint) shown radiant, while earth below begins to show rekindled yajña fires.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Deveśa (Śiva)
• Pādukā
• Makha (Yajña)
• Earth (Bhūmi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The devas seek restoration of dharmic sacrifice and appeal to Śiva as the ultimate governor of sacred power and its effects in the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request concerns the Pādukā shrine connected to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, whose influence is central to this chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The desired outcome is the renewed flourishing of makha/yajña on earth; no step-by-step ritual is detailed in this verse.