Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

संस्थितिश्च कृता स्वर्गे सांप्रतं मधु सूदन । तेनैष शरणं प्राप्तो देवैः सार्द्धं सुरोत्तम

Transliteration

saṃsthitiśca kṛtā svarge sāṃprataṃ madhu sūdana | tenaiṣa śaraṇaṃ prāpto devaiḥ sārddhaṃ surottama

Translation

「そして今、彼は天界に支配を打ち立てた、ああマドゥスーダナよ。ゆえに我は神々とともに、汝に帰依し避難を求めて来た。ああ神々の中の最勝者よ。」

Word by Word

• saṃsthitiḥ: stability/settlement
• saṃsthitiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃsthiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya (conjunction)

• kṛtā: made/established
• kṛtā: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृदन्त; √kṛ)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; bhūta-kṛdanta (past passive participle) agreeing with saṃsthitiḥ

• svarge: in heaven
• svarge: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Saptamī vibhakti, Ekavacana

• sāṃpratam: now/at present
• sāṃpratam: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃpratam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; kāla-avyaya (temporal adverb)

• madhu-sūdana: O slayer of Madhu (Viṣṇu)
• madhu-sūdana: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक) + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana vibhakti (Vocative), Ekavacana; upapada-tatpuruṣa: ‘madhum sūdayati iti’ (slayer of Madhu)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; sarvanāma

• eṣaḥ: this (one)
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; sarvanāma

• śaraṇam: refuge
• śaraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaraṇa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana

• prāptaḥ: has come/has attained
• prāptaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त; √āp + pra)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; bhūta-kṛdanta (past active sense: ‘having reached/obtained’)

• devaiḥ: with the gods
• devaiḥ: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Bahuvacana

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; saha-artha (adverb meaning ‘together with’)

• surottama: O best of the gods
• surottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana vibhakti, Ekavacana; karmadhāraya: ‘uttamaḥ suraḥ’

Speaker

Śakra (Indra/Vāsava)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra tells Viṣṇu that the daitya has installed himself in svarga; Indra and the assembled devas come together to Viṣṇu as their refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
• Svarga
• Devas
• Bāṣkali (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma usurps rightful order, surrender to the Supreme is presented as the sure path to restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śvetadvīpa is implied as the refuge where Indra and the devas approach Viṣṇu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual here; it sets up the forthcoming instruction of tapas as a means to regain strength.