Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

स्वर्गं वाञ्छद्भिरेवान्यैः स्वर्गद्वारप्रदस्तथा । हेरंबः स्थापितस्तत्र सत्यनामा यथोदितः

Transliteration

svargaṃ vāñchadbhirevānyaiḥ svargadvārapradastathā | heraṃbaḥ sthāpitastatra satyanāmā yathoditaḥ

Translation

അതുപോലെ സ്വർഗ്ഗം ആഗ്രഹിച്ച മറ്റുള്ളവർ അവിടെ ഹേരംബനെ സ്ഥാപിച്ചു—അദ്ദേഹം സ്വർഗ്ഗദ്വാരപ്രദൻ; യഥോക്തമായി അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ നാമം ‘സത്യനാമൻ’ എന്നത് സത്യമാണ്।

Word by Word

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Karma (Object of desire)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• vāñchadbhiḥ: by (those) desiring
• vāñchadbhiḥ: Karana (Agent group in passive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vāñch (वाञ्छ्; धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural participle

• eva: indeed
• eva: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• anyaiḥ: by others
• anyaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• svarga-dvāra-pradaḥ: giver of the gate to heaven
• svarga-dvāra-pradaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बहुपद; ‘svargasya dvāraṃ pradadāti’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular (epithet)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise’)

• heraṃbaḥ: Heramba (Gaṇeśa)
• heraṃbaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: heraṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• sthāpitaḥ: was installed
• sthāpitaḥ: Kriyā (passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था; धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘was installed’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• satya-nāmā: whose name is Satya / named Satyanāman
• satya-nāmā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (‘satyaṃ nāma yasya saḥ’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular adjective

• yathā-uditaḥ: as stated
• yathā-uditaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + ud-√i (इ; धातु) (कृदन्त: उदित)
• Form: यथाऽ (अव्यय) + कृदन्त-विशेषण ‘उदितः’; सन्ध्यन्तरं: यथोदितः = यथा उदितः

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (deduced: a Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Heraṃba-sthāpana in Camatkārapura-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shrine where Heraṃba is installed; devotees with upward-looking aspiration offer lamps and sweets; the iconography suggests guardianship and passage—‘gateway to heaven’.

Characters & Entities

• Heraṃba (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at a sanctified site, directed to the appropriate deity-form, is said to open the way to higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kṣetra in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya where Heraṃba was installed; the excerpt does not provide the kṣetra’s proper name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Installation and worship of Heraṃba for those seeking svarga (heavenly attainment).