Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततो विष्णुश्च रुद्रश्च सहस्राक्षः सुरैः सह । शितशस्त्रधराः सर्वे संप्राप्ता धरणीतलम्

Transliteration

tato viṣṇuśca rudraśca sahasrākṣaḥ suraiḥ saha | śitaśastradharāḥ sarve saṃprāptā dharaṇītalam

Translation

そのときヴィシュヌとルドラ、そして千眼者（インドラ）は諸神とともに、皆きらめく鋭き武器を携えて地上に到来した。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb ‘then/thereupon’

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात; conjunction ‘and’

• rudraḥ: Rudra
• rudraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात; conjunction

• sahasrākṣaḥ: Sahasrākṣa (Indra)
• sahasrākṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; bahuvrīhi ‘he whose eyes are a thousand’ = Indra

• suraiḥ: with the gods
• suraiḥ: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय; postposition ‘together with’

• śitaśastradharāḥ: bearing sharp weapons
• śitaśastradharāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śita + śastra + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘bearing sharp weapons’ (qualifies sarve)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘all (of them)’

• saṃprāptāḥ: arrived
• saṃprāptāḥ: Kriyā (Main predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + pra + āp (धातु) → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘having arrived’

• dharaṇītalam: to the earth’s surface
• dharaṇītalam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharaṇī + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; destination (accusative)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, Rudra, and Indra leading a host of devas, all with sharp, gleaming weapons, descending and assembling upon earth—sky-to-earth movement emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Rudra (Śiva)
• Sahasrākṣa (Indra)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine guardianship is active: when adharma rises, the devas themselves assemble to restore cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as narrative setup within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in this shloka alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.