Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वाऽथ ते देवाः स्वस्थानं प्रस्थितास्ततः । तेषामनुग्रहं कृत्वा कृपया परया युता

Transliteration

evamuktvā'tha te devāḥ svasthānaṃ prasthitāstataḥ | teṣāmanugrahaṃ kṛtvā kṛpayā parayā yutā

Translation

かく語り終えると、かの神々はそれぞれの住処へと旅立った。恩寵を施し、至上の慈悲を具して去って行ったのである。

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाल (having said)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative pl)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन (Nominative pl)

• स्वस्थानम्: their own abode
• स्वस्थानम्: Karma (Object/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'own place'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative sg)

• प्रस्थिताः: set out, departed
• प्रस्थिताः: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-बहुवचन; कर्तरि (having departed/set out)

• ततः: from there, thereafter
• ततः: Apadana/Sequencer
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनन्तरार्थक (from there/thereafter)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Of)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive pl)

• अनुग्रहम्: favor, grace
• अनुग्रहम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-एकवचन (Accusative sg)

• कृत्वा: having done, having shown
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive); पूर्वकाल (having done)

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

• परया: supreme, great
• परया: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'कृपया')

• युता: endowed (with)
• युता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) / युत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त/निष्पन्न-विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन (or बहुवचन if agreeing with implied feminine subject); 'युक्त' = endowed/connected

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator within the section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas, having granted boons, rise and depart toward their celestial abode; the foreground retains the blessed recipients and the serene tīrtha landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The gods’ blessings are acts of compassion, and sacred narratives often close by highlighting anugraha (grace).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It serves as a concluding transition verse before the Agnitīrtha and Brahmakuṇḍa account begins in the next adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition marking the completion of a divine favor.