Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

एवं संस्थाप्य तं शक्रो हिमाचलसुतं नगम् । ततः प्रोवाच सहृष्टो वरो मत्तः प्रगृह्यताम्

Transliteration

evaṃ saṃsthāpya taṃ śakro himācalasutaṃ nagam | tataḥ provāca sahṛṣṭo varo mattaḥ pragṛhyatām

Translation

ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຊັກຣະ (ອິນທຣະ) ໄດ້ຈັດຕັ້ງພູນັ້ນ ຜູ້ເກີດຈາກຫິມາຈະລະ; ແລ້ວພຣະອົງກ່າວດ້ວຍຄວາມປິຕິວ່າ: “ຈົ່ງຮັບພອນຈາກຂ້ອຍ.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• संस्थाप्य: having established/placed
• संस्थाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• तम्: him/that (one)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• हिमाचलसुतम्: son of Himālaya
• हिमाचलसुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिमाचल + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हिमाचलस्य सुतः) विशेषण (नगम् इति)

• नगम्: mountain
• नगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अपादानार्थ (thereupon/then; from that)

• प्रोवाच: said forth
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सहृष्टः: delighted
• सहृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + हृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मत्तः: from me
• मत्तः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; 'मत्' आधार

• प्रगृह्यताम्: let (it) be accepted/taken
• प्रगृह्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (let it be accepted)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas/Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, radiant and triumphant, sets the mountain in its place; the mountain rises firm, while celestial beings witness; Indra then turns, smiling, offering a boon.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Himācala
• Mountain (naga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When sacred order is set in place, divine joy follows, and grace is offered as a boon—linking cosmic governance with tīrtha blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mountain and its surrounding sacred region being founded in Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 9).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the boon-giving moment that supports the site’s later glory.