Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

अष्टषष्टिप्रमाणश्च गणोऽस्माकं व्यवस्थितः । तच्छ्रुत्वा पद्मजो ज्ञात्वा संकीर्णं यतमंडपम् । व्याप्तं देवगणैः सर्वैस्त्रयस्त्रिंशत्प्रमाणकैः

Transliteration

aṣṭaṣaṣṭipramāṇaśca gaṇo'smākaṃ vyavasthitaḥ | tacchrutvā padmajo jñātvā saṃkīrṇaṃ yatamaṃḍapam | vyāptaṃ devagaṇaiḥ sarvaistrayastriṃśatpramāṇakaiḥ

Translation

Rombongan (gaṇa) kami tersusun berjumlah enam puluh delapan. Mendengar itu, Padmaja pun memahami bahwa balai perhimpunan (yajña-maṇḍapa) telah sesak—dipenuhi di segala penjuru oleh seluruh kelompok dewa, menurut hitungan tiga puluh tiga (golongan).

Word by Word

• अष्टषष्टिप्रमाणः: having the number sixty-eight
• अष्टषष्टिप्रमाणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट-षष्टि-प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास: अष्टषष्टिः प्रमाणं यस्य (i.e., ‘of the measure/number 68’)

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

• गणः: group
• गणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• व्यवस्थितः: is arranged / stands established
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-अव-√स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicative ‘is arranged/established’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object of श्रुत्वा

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive)

• पद्मजः: the lotus-born (Brahmā)
• पद्मजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म-ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पद्मात् जातः (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known / realizing
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive)

• संकीर्णम्: crowded / filled
• संकीर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√कीर्/√कॄ (धातु) → संकीर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adjective qualifying मण्डपम्

• यत: which
• यत: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; relative pronoun used adjectivally with मण्डपम् (‘which’)

• मण्डपम्: pavilion
• मण्डपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded / filled
• व्याप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√आप् (धातु) → व्याप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adjective qualifying मण्डपम्

• देवगणैः: by groups of gods
• देवगणैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव-गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; देवाणां गणाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; adjective qualifying देवगणैः

• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्प्रमाणकैः: numbering thirty-three
• त्रयस्त्रिंशत्प्रमाणकैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयस्-त्रिंशत्-प्रमाणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; द्विगु-समास: त्रयस्त्रिंशत् प्रमाणं येषाम् (i.e., ‘of the number 33’)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative voice describing Brahmā’s understanding and the divine assembly)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Audumbarī (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā realizes the pavilion is overcrowded: a host of 68 attendants plus all divine groups, the thirty-three classes, filling the hall in every direction.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Padmaja)
• Deva-gaṇas (Trayastriṃśat)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a tīrtha’s sanctity manifests, even the gods gather—divine order and sacred numbers symbolize cosmic participation in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the Audumbarī-related tīrtha setting by depicting a grand divine congregation around its establishment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; it contextualizes a consecratory or consultative assembly involving divine hosts.