Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

धर्मार्थं यतमानानां मोक्षाय सुकृताय च । ततो भूमितलेऽभ्येत्य गणेशस्तत्र यः स्मृतः

Transliteration

dharmārthaṃ yatamānānāṃ mokṣāya sukṛtāya ca | tato bhūmitale'bhyetya gaṇeśastatra yaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

Bagi mereka yang berjuang menegakkan dharma, mendambakan mokṣa, dan menempuh kebajikan, Gaṇeśa turun ke bumi; di sanalah Ia dikenang dan dipuja.

Word by Word

• धर्म-अर्थम्: for dharma (righteousness)
• धर्म-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (उद्देश्य: ‘धर्मार्थम्’ = for dharma); Accusative singular used adverbially (purpose)

• यतमानानाम्: of those who strive
• यतमानानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यतमान (कृदन्त; √यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्) ‘यतमान’ = striving; Genitive plural

• मोक्षाय: for liberation
• मोक्षाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Dative singular

• सुकृताय: for merit, for good deed (result)
• सुकृताय: Sampradana (Recipient/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सुकृतम्) / पुंलिङ्ग (सुकृतः) अर्थे; अत्र चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘thereupon/from there’)

• भूमितले: on the earth’s surface
• भूमितले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमितल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Neuter, Locative singular

• अभ्येत्य: having come/approached
• अभ्येत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि + इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) from √इ with उपसर्ग अभि; ‘having come/approached’

• गणेशः: Gaṇeśa
• गणेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘गणानाम् ईशः’); Masculine, Nominative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: there)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम; Masculine, Nominative singular

• स्मृतः: is known/called, is remembered
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृत (कृदन्त; √स्मृ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive sense): ‘is called/remembered’

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (deduced: a Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṇeśa descending from the divine realm to a sacred earthly spot, where pilgrims—seekers of dharma and mokṣa—stand with folded hands; the place is marked by a shrine or threshold-stone and sacred trees.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṇeśa’s presence in the sacred landscape supports dharma, generates merit, and aids the seeker’s liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific ‘there’ (tatra) holy spot in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya is implied, but the excerpt does not provide the site name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Remembrance and worship of Gaṇeśa at the kṣetra is implied as a means to gain sukṛta and support mokṣa.