Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

कोटीनामेव सर्वेषां शेषा गच्छन्तु तत्र च । सहस्राक्षेण संयुक्ताः स्वर्गे स्वपररक्षकाः

Transliteration

koṭīnāmeva sarveṣāṃ śeṣā gacchantu tatra ca | sahasrākṣeṇa saṃyuktāḥ svarge svapararakṣakāḥ

Translation

“ഈ എല്ലാ കോടികളിൽ ശേഷിക്കുന്നവർ അവിടെ (സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്ക്) പോകട്ടെ, സഹസ്രാക്ഷനായ ഇന്ദ്രനോടൊപ്പം ചേർന്ന്; സ്വർഗത്തിൽ സ്വന്തം ലോകത്തെ കാക്കട്ടെ।”

Word by Word

• कोटीनाम्: of crores
• कोटीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (of crores)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (Avadharana/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/only)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; 'कोटीनाम्' विशेषण (of all)

• शेषाः: the rest, the remainder
• शेषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (the remainder)

• गच्छन्तु: let (them) go
• गच्छन्तु: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• सहस्राक्षेण: with Sahasrākṣa (Indra)
• सहस्राक्षेण: Karana/Sahakari (Instrument/associate/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (बहुव्रीहि: सहस्रम् अक्षीणि यस्य = 'thousand-eyed' = इन्द्र); पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संयुक्ताः: joined, accompanied
• संयुक्ताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-युज् (धातु) → संयुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; 'शेषाः' विशेषण (joined/associated)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्व-पर-रक्षकाः: protectors of themselves and others
• स्व-पर-रक्षकाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक) + रक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष; स्वस्य परस्य च रक्षकाः / स्वपरयोः रक्षकाः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; 'शेषाः' विशेषण/समानााधिकरण

Speaker

Devas (collective counsel)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast host is divided: some devas remain at the kṣetra; the rest depart with Indra (the Thousand-eyed) to guard Svarga, forming a celestial procession.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Sahasrākṣa)
• Svarga
• Surāḥ (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma assigns roles—some guard the sacred center, others protect the cosmic order elsewhere.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra containing the revered liṅga (Amara-liṅga context), contrasted with Svarga as the devas’ abode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes divine deployment for protection rather than a human ritual.