Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा सत्वरं ब्रह्मा कृपया परयान्वितः । विश्वेदेवान्समादाय कूप्माण्डैस्तैः समन्वितान्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā satvaraṃ brahmā kṛpayā parayānvitaḥ | viśvedevānsamādāya kūpmāṇḍaistaiḥ samanvitān

Translation

それを聞くや、梵天は無上の慈悲に動かされ、ただちにヴィシュヴェデーヴァ（Viśvedevas）を集め、さらにそのクーシュマーンダ（Kūṣmāṇḍas）らを伴った。

Word by Word

• तत्: that (statement)
• तत्: Karma (Object of hearing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: quickly)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृपया: with compassion
• कृपया: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परया: supreme; great
• परया: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अन्वितः: endowed (with)
• अन्वितः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि (धातु) → अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विश्वेदेवान्: the Viśvedevas (all-gods class)
• विश्वेदेवान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वे + देव (प्रातिपदिक); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• समादाय: having taken/collected
• समादाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• कूप्माण्डैः: with the Kūpmāṇḍas
• कूप्माण्डैः: Sahakāri/Karana (Accompaniment/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूप्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• समन्वितान्: accompanied; joined
• समन्वितान्: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, moved by great compassion, swiftly gathers the Viśvedevas; accompanying beings (Kūṣmāṇḍas) form an entourage, suggesting a formal divine mission.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viśvedevas
• Kūṣmāṇḍas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate divine intervention supports dharma—especially rites like Śrāddha that uphold ancestral and cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the immediate shloka does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The context points to the indispensability of the Viśvedevas for Śrāddha, though the explicit prescription appears in later verses.