Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तत्र गत्वा चिरात्प्राप्य स्वं राज्यं पाकशासनः । पालयामास संहृष्टस्त्रैलोक्यं हतकटकम्

Transliteration

tatra gatvā cirātprāpya svaṃ rājyaṃ pākaśāsanaḥ | pālayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭastrailokyaṃ hatakaṭakam

Translation

അവിടെ ചെന്നു ദീർഘകാലത്തിന് ശേഷം സ്വന്തം രാജ്യം വീണ്ടും പ്രാപിച്ച പാകശാസനൻ ഇന്ദ്രൻ, ശത്രുസൈന്യത്തെ നശിപ്പിച്ച് ആനന്ദത്തോടെ ത്രിലോകവും ഭരിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — having gone

• चिरात्: after a long time
• चिरात्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — indeclinable adverb ‘after a long time’

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — having obtained/reached

• स्वम्: own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular; possessive adjective ‘own’

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• पाकशासनः: Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• पाकशासनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक-शासन (प्रातिपदिक; पाक + शासन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; इन्द्रस्य नाम (Indra)

• पालयामास: ruled / protected
• पालयामास: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (धातु) → पालयामास
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/आम-प्रयोगः), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — periphrastic perfect, 3rd person singular, active

• संहृष्टः: delighted
• संहृष्टः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-हृष् (धातु) → संहृष्ट (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past participle used adjectivally ‘delighted’

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + लोक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular; ‘the three worlds’

• हतकटकम्: with the armies destroyed
• हतकटकम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-कटक (प्रातिपदिक; हत + कटक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter accusative singular; विशेषणम् (qualifier) of त्रैलोक्यम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-kṣetra Devi-sthāna (name implicit in this passage)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Pākaśāsana) returns to his throne after visiting the sacred site; defeated enemy hosts lie scattered; the three worlds regain calm under his joyful rule.

Characters & Entities

• Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and divine refuge restore order: dharmic sovereignty returns when supported by sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

“There” refers to the previously described Devī-associated sacred locale within this Adhyāya’s Tīrthamāhātmya sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it concludes a results-focused narrative showing the fruit of approaching the sacred place/power.