Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तदुद्भवानि पत्राणि गृहीत्वा सुरसत्तमाः । अपूर्वाणि सुगंधीनि मत्वा ते भक्षयंति च

Transliteration

tadudbhavāni patrāṇi gṛhītvā surasattamāḥ | apūrvāṇi sugaṃdhīni matvā te bhakṣayaṃti ca

Translation

ព្រះទេវតាអ្នកប្រសើរបំផុត បានយកស្លឹកដែលលូតចេញពីវា ហើយដោយឃើញថា មិនធ្លាប់មាន និងក្រអូបល្អ ក៏បានទទួលទានវាផងដែរ។

Word by Word

• tadudbhavāni: arisen from that
• tadudbhavāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tasmāt udbhavāni = arisen from that) विशेषण (qualifying patrāṇi)

• patrāṇi: leaves
• patrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: patra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• gṛhītvā: having taken
• gṛhītvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √grah (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): having taken

• surasattamāḥ: the best of the gods
• surasattamāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura + sattama (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (surāṇāṃ sattamāḥ)

• apūrvāṇi: unprecedented / wonderful
• apūrvāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying patrāṇi)

• sugandhīni: fragrant
• sugandhīni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + gandhin (प्रातिपदिक; उपसर्ग-युक्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying patrāṇi)

• matvā: having deemed
• matvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √man (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): having considered/thought

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (they)

• bhakṣayanti: eat / consume
• bhakṣayanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic ākhyāna voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amṛta-vallī (leaf-prasāda) locus

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas pluck fragrant, unprecedented leaves from the luxuriant creeper and partake of them with delighted reverence; the grove glows softly, emphasizing sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Surasattamas (foremost Devas)
• Patra (leaves)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

What is born from sacred potency becomes fit even for the gods—purity and auspiciousness are tangible in purāṇic sacred geography.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nandana-vana remains the implied sacred setting; the verse emphasizes its miraculous produce.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is stated; the act is divine consumption, implying sanctifying properties of the leaves.