Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तत्र गच्छंति ये तेषां स देवः संविधास्यति । इत्युक्त्वा भगवांस्तेषां तत्रैवांतरधीयत

Transliteration

tatra gacchaṃti ye teṣāṃ sa devaḥ saṃvidhāsyati | ityuktvā bhagavāṃsteṣāṃ tatraivāṃtaradhīyata

Translation

«ຜູ້ໃດໄປທີ່ນັ້ນ—ພຣະເຈົ້າອົງນັ້ນເອງຈະຈັດສັນສິ່ງຈໍາເປັນທັງປວງໃຫ້» ເມື່ອກ່າວດັ່ງນີ້ແລ້ວ ພຣະຜູ້ມີພຣະພາກກໍຫາຍໄປໃນທີ່ນັ້ນທັນທີ.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• gacchanti: they go
• gacchanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ye: those who
• ye: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (of them)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• saṃvidhāsyati: will arrange/provide
• saṃvidhāsyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ+vi+√dhā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-कार (quotative)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having said)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• antaradhīyata: disappeared/vanished
• antaradhīyata: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: antar+√dhā (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (अन्तर्धीयते)

Speaker

Deductive (narrative voice reporting the Lord’s statement; exact identity of ‘Bhagavān’ not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandara tīrtha (implied destination)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine speaker gives a final assurance to a group of seekers, then vanishes (antaradhāna) in a burst of light; the pilgrims stand resolved, facing the direction of the sacred mountain.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage undertaken with faith is upheld by divine grace; the Lord ‘arranges’ the devotee’s welfare and spiritual outcome.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A referenced ‘there’ (tatra) within Adhyāya 247’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific site-name is outside this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is to go to the indicated sacred place (tīrtha-yātrā).