Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

विष्णुलोके ध्वनिर्याति यावच्चंद्रदिवाकरौ

Transliteration

viṣṇuloke dhvaniryāti yāvaccaṃdradivākarau

Translation

“അതിന്റേ കീര്ത്തിധ്വനി വിഷ്ണുലോകത്തേക്കും എത്തും; ചന്ദ്രനും സൂര്യനും നിലനിൽക്കുന്നത്രയും കാലം.”

Word by Word

• विष्णुलोके: in Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—विष्णोः लोकः (in Viṣṇu's world)

• ध्वनिः: sound, report
• ध्वनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• याति: goes, reaches
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/अवधि) — 'as long as'

• चन्द्र-दिवाकरौ: the moon and the sun
• चन्द्र-दिवाकरौ: Kala (Time-marker/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वः—चन्द्रश्च दिवाकरश्च

Speaker

Viṣṇu/Hari (continuing the praise of the tīrtha and name)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapāṇi-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A poetic tableau: sound-waves of praise rising from the temple and traveling upward to Viṣṇu-loka; sun and moon arc above as witnesses of time’s span.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇuloka
• Candra (Moon)
• Divākara (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sacred merit and holy renown are portrayed as enduring—transcending human time and reaching divine realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Cakrapāṇi shrine/tīrtha described in Adhyāya 152, linked with Badarī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite here; it is a phalaśruti-style statement of lasting renown and reach.