Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एतस्य च गुरुत्वं च प्रसादात्तव पद्मज । यथा भवति देवेश तया नीतिर्विधीयताम्

Transliteration

etasya ca gurutvaṃ ca prasādāttava padmaja | yathā bhavati deveśa tayā nītirvidhīyatām

Translation

また、蓮華より生まれし御方よ、あなたの恩寵によって彼の師としての威徳が起こりますように。神々の主よ、真に成就するそのあり方に従い、正しき行儀の道を定め給え。

Word by Word

• एतस्य: of this (one)
• एतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

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

• गुरुत्वम्: weightiness; greatness; authority
• गुरुत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम

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

• प्रसादात्: from (your) grace
• प्रसादात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• तव: of you, your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• पद्मज: O Padmaja (lotus-born Brahmā)
• पद्मज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (पद्मात् जातः) — ब्रह्मणः नाम

• यथा: as; so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb/conjunction: 'as/so that')

• भवति: becomes; is
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: भू (to be/become)

• देवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् ईशः)

• तया: by that (means)
• तया: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• नीतिः: policy; procedure; guidance
• नीतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• विधीयताम्: let it be arranged/ordained
• विधीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive); धातु: वि+धा (to arrange/ordain)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Sūta’s account (addressing Brahmā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: purōttama-purī (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee petitions the Lotus-born (Padmajā—Brahmā) and the Lord of gods to grant teacherly authority through grace and to ordain the proper path of conduct so it truly manifests.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā (Padmaja)
• Guru
• Nīti (right conduct)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Teaching authority is not mere social status; it is a grace-backed responsibility to establish nīti—right conduct—in a sacred community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; it does not directly name the tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed; it requests divine sanction for guruhood and the formal establishment of dharmic discipline.