Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एते शक्रादयो देवास्तेषु तीर्थेषु सुन्दरि । मां पूज्य त्रिदिवं प्राप्तास्तथान्ये नारदादयः

Transliteration

ete śakrādayo devāsteṣu tīrtheṣu sundari | māṃ pūjya tridivaṃ prāptāstathānye nāradādayaḥ

Translation

ഹേ സുന്ദരീ, ഇന്ദ്രാദിയായ ഈ ദേവന്മാർ ആ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ എന്നെ പൂജിച്ച് ത്രിദിവം (സ്വർഗം) പ്രാപിച്ചു; അതുപോലെ നാരദാദികളും മറ്റുള്ളവരും.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; निर्देश (these)

• शक्रादयः: Indra and others
• शक्रादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शक्र-आदि = ‘Indra and others’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• तेषु: in those
• तेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; अधिकरण (in those)

• तीर्थेषु: in/at the tīrthas
• तीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; अधिकरण (at pilgrimage places)

• सुन्दरि: O beautiful one
• सुन्दरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; कर्म

• पूज्य: having worshipped
• पूज्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + ल्यप्/य (प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having worshipped’

• त्रिदिवम्: heaven
• त्रिदिवम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + दिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (त्रि-दिव = ‘three heavens’ = heaven); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकर्म

• प्राप्ताः: attained
• प्राप्ताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय कृदन्त (past participle, active sense); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘having attained’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and likewise)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्ता

• नारदादयः: Nārada and others
• नारदादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नारद-आदि = ‘Nārada and others’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as ‘sundarī’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial assembly at a riverside/ghāṭa: Indra with vajra, other devas, and Nārada with vīṇā offering flowers and lamps to the presiding deity; a luminous path rising to svarga in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Devāḥ (gods)
• Nārada
• Tīrthas
• Tridiva (heaven)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the devas honor tīrthas and worship the Supreme there; sacred places are presented as proven pathways to exalted states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse refers collectively to the tīrthas about to be enumerated; it validates them through divine exemplars (Indra, Nārada).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) of the speaker-deity at the tīrthas as a means to attain heavenly merit (tridiva).