Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

तथा पुण्यानि तीर्थानि देवतायतनानि च । समंतात्ते भविष्यंति मुनीनामाश्रमास्तथा

Transliteration

tathā puṇyāni tīrthāni devatāyatanāni ca | samaṃtātte bhaviṣyaṃti munīnāmāśramāstathā

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນດ້ວຍ ຕີຣະຖະອັນສັກສິດ ແລະ ສະຖານສັກກາລະຂອງເທວະດາ ຈະເກີດຂຶ້ນອ້ອມຮອບເຈົ້າ; ແລະອາສຣົມຂອງມຸນີທັງຫຼາຍກໍຈະມີຂຶ້ນເຊັ່ນກັນ.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus / likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; prakāra-avyaya (manner adverb)

• puṇyāni: holy / meritorious
• puṇyāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of tīrthāni)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• tīrthāni: pilgrimage places
• tīrthāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• devatā-āyatanāni: temples of the deities
• devatā-āyatanāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक) + āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāsa: ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘abodes/temples of deities’; Napuṃsakaliṅga (Neuter), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya (conjunction)

• samantāt: all around
• samantāt: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samantāt (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-avyaya (adverb: ‘on all sides’)

• te: for you / to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक सर्वनाम)
• Form: Sarvanāma (Pronoun), Caturthī-vibhakti (Dative, 4th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• bhaviṣyanti: will be / will arise
• bhaviṣyanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: Luṭ-lakāra (Simple Future), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural), Parasmaipada

• munīnām: of sages
• munīnām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī-vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• āśramāḥ: hermitages
• āśramāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; prakāra-avyaya (manner adverb)

Speaker

Indra (Śakra) (deduced from immediate context of threats with vajra and later explicit 'Indra uvāca')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred mandala forms around the focal mountain: multiple tīrtha spots, small shrines with fluttering flags, and quiet hermitages with sages performing tapas, all appearing ‘samantāt’ (on every side).

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Devatāyatanas
• Munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A divinely favored place becomes a living sacred landscape—tīrthas, temples, and sages’ hermitages naturally gather where dharma is established.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the sanctified region surrounding the addressed mountain/being in Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the local tīrtha-field that will form around it).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the focus is on the promised manifestation of tīrthas and devatā-shrines, implying future pilgrimage and worship.