Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

अथ ते पन्नगाः प्रोचुः प्रणिपत्य मुनीश्वरम् । भगवन्निर्विषाः सर्वे वयं हि भवता कृताः

Transliteration

atha te pannagāḥ procuḥ praṇipatya munīśvaram | bhagavannirviṣāḥ sarve vayaṃ hi bhavatā kṛtāḥ

Translation

ແລ້ວພວກນາກເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນໄດ້ກ່າວ ໂດຍກົດກົ້ມກາບມຸນີຜູ້ເປັນເຈົ້າ: “ໂອ ຜູ້ມີພຣະຄຸນ, ທ່ານໄດ້ເຮັດໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາທຸກຕົນພົ້ນຈາກພິດ.”

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence/then)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (they/them)

• पन्नगाः: serpents
• पन्नगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• प्रोचुः: said/spoke
• प्रोचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रणिपत्य: having bowed down
• प्रणिपत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र+निपत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (having bowed down)

• मुनीश्वरम्: the lord of sages
• मुनीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि+ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (munīnām īśvaraḥ)

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• निर्विषाः: free from poison
• निर्विषाः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्+विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘वयम्/ते’)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, बहुवचन (1st person pronoun)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु-बोधक (indeed/for)

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific ‘by you’)

• कृताः: made/turned (into)
• कृताः: Karta (Predicate complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘वयम्’ इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषण (predicate)

Speaker

Pannagāḥ (serpents)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Munīśvara (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of nāgas with folded hoods and hands (añjali), bowing before a radiant muni seated in an āśrama near a sacred waterbody; the serpents’ fangs appear blunted/harmless, signifying ‘nirviṣatā’.

Characters & Entities

• Pannagāḥ
• Munīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Saintly power and divine favor can transform harmful nature into harmlessness—an emblem of purification central to tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the same Adhyāya 40 tīrtha narrative (Nāgarakhaṇḍa), where miraculous transformations support the site’s greatness.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it records a devotional act (praṇipāta) and the resulting blessing.