Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

येनामरत्वमासाद्य व्यापादयत दानवान् । ते तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय पपुः पीयूषमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

yenāmaratvamāsādya vyāpādayata dānavān | te tatheti pratijñāya papuḥ pīyūṣamuttamam

Translation

ಅದರ ಮೂಲಕ ಅಮರತ್ವವನ್ನು ಪಡೆದು ದಾನವರನ್ನು ಸಂಹರಿಸುವೆವು ಎಂದು ‘ತಥೇತಿ’ ಎಂದು ಪ್ರತಿಜ್ಞೆ ಮಾಡಿ, ಅವರು ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ಪೀಯೂಷವನ್ನು ಪಾನಮಾಡಿದರು.

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अमरत्वम्: immortality
• अमरत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having attained
• आसाद्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ- सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘आसाद्य’ = having attained

• व्यापादयत: killed/caused to be slain
• व्यापादयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ- पद्/पादय् (धातु-णिच्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• दानवान्: the Dānavas (demons)
• दानवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• इति: thus (saying)
• इति: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

• प्रतिज्ञाय: having agreed/promised
• प्रतिज्ञाय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘प्रतिज्ञाय’ = having promised/assented

• पपुः: drank
• पपुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• पीयूषम्: nectar
• पीयूषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पीयूषम्)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-type narration within Māhātmya frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahīpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas, having pledged together, raise cups/vessels of shining nectar; behind them loom shadowy dānavas, foreshadowing the coming battle.

Characters & Entities

• Devas (implied)
• Dānavas
• Pīyūṣa/Amṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power is to be used for restoring order; divine gifts are framed as responsibility in the service of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.