Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

त्रैलोक्यपतिजा संज्ञा मा नाशं यातु मे द्विज । प्रसादात्तव सा नित्यं यथा स्यात्तद्विधीयताम्

Transliteration

trailokyapatijā saṃjñā mā nāśaṃ yātu me dvija | prasādāttava sā nityaṃ yathā syāttadvidhīyatām

Translation

おお二度生まれし者よ、我が「三界の主」という称号が失われませぬように。汝の恩寵により、その尊号が常に我に留まるよう—そのように定め給え。

Word by Word

• त्रैलोक्यपतिजा: born of/derived from the Lord of the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यपतिजा: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्यपति (प्रातिपदिक) + जा (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रैलोक्यपतेः जा = ‘त्रैलोक्यपतिसम्बन्धिनी/त्रैलोक्यपतिजनिता’)

• संज्ञा: name; designation
• संज्ञा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• नाशम्: destruction; loss
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• यातु: may it go; may it come to
• यातु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive ‘of me’)

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• प्रसादात्: by (your) grace; from favor
• प्रसादात्: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause/अपादान/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (ablative: ‘from/through favor’)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सा: that (she/it)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नित्यम्: always; perpetually
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयुक्तम् (adverbial accusative/क्रियाविशेषण)

• यथा: so that; as
• यथा: Sambandha (Linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्ध/उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (conj./adverb: ‘so that/as’)

• स्यात्: may be; might become
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• विधीयताम्: let it be arranged/ordained
• विधीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) उपसर्गः वि-
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive imperative: ‘let it be done/ordained’)

Speaker

Śakra (Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, anxious about losing the title ‘lord of the three worlds,’ bows before a venerable sage, palms joined, seeking an ordinance that preserves his cosmic station.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Gautama Ṛṣi
• Trailokyapati (lord of three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly titles endure only when anchored in dharma and sanctioned by spiritual merit and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a tīrtha-glorification framework in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; this line emphasizes status preserved through a sage’s prasāda rather than naming a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual; it is a prayer/request for the preservation of a divine designation through grace.