Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

आदित्या वसवो रुद्रा विश्वेदेवा मरुद्गणाः । भवंतु परिवेष्टारो भोक्तुकामजनस्य च

Transliteration

ādityā vasavo rudrā viśvedevā marudgaṇāḥ | bhavaṃtu pariveṣṭāro bhoktukāmajanasya ca

Translation

សូមឲ្យអាទិត្យៈ វសុ រុទ្រ វិશ્વេទេវ និងកងមរុត ទាំងអស់ ឈរជាអ្នកបម្រើ និងអ្នកចាត់ចែង សម្រាប់មនុស្សដែលមកដោយប្រាថ្នាចង់ទទួលទាន (នៃអំណោយបរិសុទ្ធ)។

Word by Word

• आदित्याः: Ādityas
• आदित्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — nominative plural

• वसवः: Vasus
• वसवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — nominative plural

• रुद्राः: Rudras
• रुद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — nominative plural

• विश्वे: all
• विश्वे: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• देवाः: Viśvedevas (the All-gods)
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — nominative plural; समास: विश्वे देवाः (कर्मधारय)

• मरुत्: Maruts
• मरुत्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: marut (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• गणाः: hosts of the Maruts
• गणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — nominative plural; समास: मरुतां गणाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• भवन्तु: may they be
• भवन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative/benedictive), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — 'let them be/become'

• परिवेष्टारः: surrounding attendants; protectors
• परिवेष्टारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pariveṣṭṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — nominative plural; agent noun 'enclosers/attendants'

• भोक्तु: to enjoy; to partake
• भोक्तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhoktu (कृदन्त; √bhuj (धातु))
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive) used as compound member meaning 'to eat/enjoy'

• काम: desire
• काम: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासाङ्ग (compound member)

• जनस्य: of the people who wish to partake
• जनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन — genitive singular; समास: भोक्तुं कामः यस्य सः/तस्य (उपपद-तत्पुरुष: भोक्तु-काम) + जन

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

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual; likely describing ritual benediction/invocation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand yajña feast: pilgrims seated to partake; radiant Ādityas, Vasus, Rudras, Viśvedevas, and Maruts appear as celestial servers carrying vessels, ladles, and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Ādityas
• Vasus
• Rudras
• Viśvedevas
• Maruts

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred hospitality is elevated: even the divine hosts are envisioned as serving those who partake in a tīrtha-yajña.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the specific tīrtha is not named in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A ritual wish/invocation that divine groups become ‘pariveṣṭāras’—attendants who facilitate distribution of sacred food/offerings.