Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

ततः स्वस्थः स भूत्वा तु हरिर्दैत्यैर्निपातितैः । प्रोवाच पद्मजं नाम भूतस्यास्य कुरुष्व भोः

Transliteration

tataḥ svasthaḥ sa bhūtvā tu harirdaityairnipātitaiḥ | provāca padmajaṃ nāma bhūtasyāsya kuruṣva bhoḥ

Translation

ദൈത്യർ വീണശേഷം ഹരി ശാന്തനായി പദ്മജനോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ മഹാശയ, ഈ ഭൂതത്തിന് ഒരു നാമം നിശ്ചയിക്കൂ.”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (काल/क्रम)

• svasthaḥ: composed/at ease
• svasthaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषण

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhūtvā: having become
• bhūtvā: Kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वान्त), ‘having become’

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Nipāta (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अनुक्रम) = particle ‘but/indeed’

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• daityaiḥ: by the demons
• daityaiḥ: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• nipātitaiḥ: felled/struck down
• nipātitaiḥ: Karana (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-√pat (धातु) + ita (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/इत-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifies daityaiḥ)

• provāca: said
• provāca: Kriya (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• padmajam: Padmaja (Brahmā)
• padmajam: Karma (Object/Addressed)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘पद्मात् जातः’ (born from the lotus) = Brahmā

• nāma: by name/namely
• nāma: Sambandha (Appositive marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāma (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-निर्देश) = particle ‘by name/namely’

• bhūtasya: of the being
• bhūtasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• kuruṣva: do/make
• kuruṣva: Kriya (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (कुरुष्व)

• bhoḥ: O!
• bhoḥ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhoḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बोधन-निपात) = vocative particle

Speaker

Hari (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Post-battle serenity: Hari, composed, addresses Padmaja (Brahmā) requesting a name for the being; devas stand at ease; the being awaits designation.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Padmaja (Brahmā)
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restoration of order includes definition and naming—cosmic roles are formalized through divine counsel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya sequence, but it does not specify the tīrtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it concerns the naming of a being, not a ritual injunction.