Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55
Devanagari script
तस्माद्भूभितले देव कृत्वा जन्म स्वयं विभो । भारं नाशय मेदिन्या एतदर्थ मिहागतः
Transliteration
tasmādbhūbhitale deva kṛtvā janma svayaṃ vibho | bhāraṃ nāśaya medinyā etadartha mihāgataḥ
Translation
それゆえ、主よ、全能なる御方よ、みずからの御意志により地上に御生誕し、大地女神の重荷を取り除いてください。この目的のために私はここへ参りました。
Word by Word
तस्मात्therefore; from that
तस्मात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (तस्मात्-प्रयोगः), अपादानार्थे/हेतौ (ablatival sense: 'therefore/from that')
भू-भितलेon the surface of the earth
भू-भितले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक) + भितल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (भूयाः भितलम् = earth-surface)
देवO god
देव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving made/assumed
कृत्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/absolutive), 'having done/made'
जन्मbirth
जन्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
स्वयम्oneself
स्वयम्:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्वयम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (emphatic adverb)
विभोO Lord
विभो:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootविभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
भारम्burden
भारम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
नाशयdestroy/remove
नाशय:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनश्/नाशय (धातु-प्रयोगः; causative of नश्)
Formलोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)
मेदिन्याःof the earth
मेदिन्याः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमेदिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन
एतदर्थम्for this purpose
एतदर्थम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (एतस्य अर्थः)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb of place)
आगतःhas come
आगतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (agreeing with implied 'I/he')
Speaker
Nārada (to Viṣṇu), implied
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A supplicant (likely Nārada or a divine envoy) entreats the Lord to take birth on Earth to remove Bhūdevī’s burden; Bhūdevī is implied as bowed and distressed, with cosmic scale suggested by the Earth-goddess motif.
Characters & Entities
N
NāradaV
ViṣṇuM
Medinī/Bhūmi (Earth)FAQs
Divine compassion is expressed through voluntary incarnation to protect the world and uphold dharma.
No specific location is praised in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-mahātmya storyline.
None; the verse is petitionary and narrative.