Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

प्रभावस्तेन ते मुख्य स्त्रैलोक्येऽपि भविष्यति । स्वस्ति तेऽस्तु गमिष्यामि सांप्रतं त्रिदिवालयम्

Transliteration

prabhāvastena te mukhya strailokye'pi bhaviṣyati | svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi sāṃprataṃ tridivālayam

Translation

ດ້ວຍເຫດນັ້ນ ໂອ ຜູ້ປະເສີດ, ກຽດຕິຄຸນຂອງເຈົ້າຈະໂດງດັງແມ່ນແຕ່ໃນສາມໂລກ. ຂໍໃຫ້ສິຣິມົງຄຸນຈົ່ງມີແກ່ເຈົ້າ; ບັດນີ້ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຈະໄປສູ່ວິມານເທວະ.

Word by Word

• प्रभावः: influence, glory, power
• प्रभावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• तेन: by that; through him/it
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• ते: your; to you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive) / चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (context: ‘your’)

• मुख्य: O chief, O foremost one
• मुख्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + लोक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘even/also’

• भविष्यति: will be; will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• स्वस्ति: hail; well-being; blessings
• स्वस्ति: Avyaya (Benediction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय)
• Form: मङ्गल-निपात (benedictive particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• अस्तु: may it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive use), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• गमिष्यामि: I will go
• गमिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सांप्रतम्: now; at present
• सांप्रतम्: Avyaya (Time adjunct/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• त्रिदिवालयम्: the abode of the gods (heaven)
• त्रिदिवालयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिवालय (प्रातिपदिक: त्रिदिव + आलय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Indra (Sahasrākṣa) (confirmed by next verse’s narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgabila (implied)

Type: cave

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, having blessed the foremost person, offers auspicious benediction and turns toward the celestial path; the earth below holds a hinted sacred cavern landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Three worlds (trailokya)
• Tridiva (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a sacred site is linked to divine worship and blessing, its spiritual ‘influence’ spreads universally, inspiring pilgrimage and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa peak-tīrtha associated with Hāṭakeśvara, whose fame is foretold to extend across trailokya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is prescribed; the verse concludes with a blessing and the speaker’s departure to heaven.