Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्रैव संजग्मुः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः । उद्वहन्तः परामार्तिं तारकारिसमुद्भवाम्

Transliteration

tatastatraiva saṃjagmuḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ | udvahantaḥ parāmārtiṃ tārakārisamudbhavām

Translation

ແລ້ວໃນທີ່ນັ້ນເອງ ເທວະທັງປວງ—ພ້ອມດ້ວຍວາສະວະ (ອິນທຣະ)—ໄດ້ມາຊຸມນຸມກັນ ແບກຫາບຄວາມທຸກໃຫຍ່ ອັນເກີດຂຶ້ນເນື່ອງຈາກຕາຣະກາຣິ (ສະກັນດະ ຜູ້ປາບຕາຣະກະ)។

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमवाचक (then/from there)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

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

• संजग्मुः: they went/assembled
• संजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; विशेषण

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन

• सवासवाः: together with Vāsava (Indra)
• सवासवाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; सहार्थक-तत्पुरुष (with Indra/including Vāsava)

• उद्वहन्तः: bearing/carrying
• उद्वहन्तः: Kriya (Concomitant action/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद् + वह् (धातु) → उद्वहन्त् (कृदन्त/शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle, शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा बहुवचन; विशेषण (of देवाः)

• पराम्: great
• पराम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (of आर्तिम्)

• आर्तिम्: distress/affliction
• आर्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• तारकारि: enemy of Tāraka
• तारकारि: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक) + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रातिपदिकरूप (समासपूर्वपद)

• समुद्भवाम्: arisen from/caused by
• समुद्भवाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उद् + भू (धातु) → समुद्भव (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (of आर्तिम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (narrative locus)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: All devas with Indra assemble, burdened with distress connected to the need for Tārakāri; a solemn, crowded divine congregation at the foot of Kailāsa.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Vāsava (Indra)
• Tārakāri (Skanda/Kārttikeya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective divine effort still bows to higher causality; distress becomes the catalyst that turns beings toward Śiva’s presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative continues to revolve around Kailāsa as the sacred axis for divine counsel.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it frames a crisis that motivates approaching the deity.