Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततः प्रोवाच देवेन्द्रं मेघगंभीरया गिरा । शृण्वतां सर्वदेवानां भगवांस्त्रिपुरातकः

Transliteration

tataḥ provāca devendraṃ meghagaṃbhīrayā girā | śṛṇvatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ bhagavāṃstripurātakaḥ

Translation

પછી ભગવાન ત્રિપુરાંતકે, સર્વ દેવતાઓ સાંભળતા હોય તેમ, મેઘગંભીર વાણીથી દેવેન્દ્રને સંબોધીને કહ્યું.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (then)

• प्रोवाच: said; spoke forth
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्गः प्र-

• देवेन्द्रम्: to Devendra (Indra)
• देवेन्द्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; ‘देवानाम् इन्द्रः’

• मेघगंभीरया: with deep (thunder-like)
• मेघगंभीरया: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेघ-गंभीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘गिरा’

• गिरा: with speech/voice
• गिरा: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्/गिरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• शृण्वताम्: while (they) were listening; of the listeners
• शृण्वताम्: Sambandha (Genitive absolute/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present active participle), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; ‘शृण्वत्’ = listening

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive absolute/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; ‘सर्वेषां देवानाम्’

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• त्रिपुरातकः: the destroyer of Tripura
• त्रिपुरातकः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर-आतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; ‘त्रिपुरं आतकः/अन्तकः’ (destroyer of Tripura)

Speaker

Narrator (introducing Śiva’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Virūpākṣa-kunda (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devendra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, titled Tripurāntaka, addresses Indra; his voice is likened to thunderclouds. Devas stand in attentive rows, the atmosphere charged with divine authority.

Characters & Entities

• Devendra (Indra)
• Tripurātaka (Śiva)
• Sarvadevāḥ (all gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma regarding tīrthas is taught through divine instruction; sacred practice is grounded in revealed guidance, not mere custom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing passage concerns a Śaiva tīrtha/kuṇḍa that becomes identified with Kedāra in the same adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it frames the forthcoming injunctions as spoken directly by Śiva.