Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

वांछद्भिः शाश्वतं सौख्यमिह लोके परत्र च । मानवैर्भक्तिसंयुक्तैरित्युवाच महेश्वरः

Transliteration

vāṃchadbhiḥ śāśvataṃ saukhyamiha loke paratra ca | mānavairbhaktisaṃyuktairityuvāca maheśvaraḥ

Translation

Ainsi parla Maheśvara : «Les êtres humains unis à la dévotion, qui désirent une félicité durable—en ce monde et dans l’au-delà—doivent suivre cela.»

Word by Word

• वाञ्छद्भिः: by those desiring
• वाञ्छद्भिः: Kartr-sahacara (Agent-associated/कर्तृसहचर)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाञ्छ् (धातु) + वाञ्छत् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; शतृ-प्रत्यय वर्तमानकृदन्त (desiring)

• शाश्वतम्: eternal
• शाश्वतम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाश्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘सौख्यम्’ विशेषण

• सौख्यम्: happiness
• सौख्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (here)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• परत्र: in the hereafter
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक (in the other world/thereafter)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• मानवैः: by men
• मानवैः: Kartr-sahacara (Agent-associated/कर्तृसहचर)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• भक्ति: devotion
• भक्ति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, समासपूर्वपद (stem form)

• संयुक्तैः: endowed with
• संयुक्तैः: Kartr-sahacara (Agent-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु) + संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (endowed/connected)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-paryavasana (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; महा + ईश्वर (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukā-udbhava tīrtha (Ambādevī-prasaṅga)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśvara as divine authority pronounces the rule: devotees gathered, hands folded; the pādukā shrine glows in the background, indicating the practice he endorses.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara
• Bhakti
• Saukhyam (happiness)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) aligned with prescribed tīrtha-worship leads to enduring well-being in both this life and the next.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction pertains to the Śrīmātuḥ Pādukā worship tradition in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly endorses the previously stated pādukā-pūjā practice as the means to attain lasting happiness.