Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स्वागतं वः सुरश्रेष्ठाः प्रसादः क्रियतां मम । निविश्यतां यथान्यायं स्थानेषु रुचिरेषु च

Transliteration

svāgataṃ vaḥ suraśreṣṭhāḥ prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mama | niviśyatāṃ yathānyāyaṃ sthāneṣu rucireṣu ca

Translation

ഹേ സുരശ്രേഷ്ഠന്മാരേ, നിങ്ങളെ സ്വാഗതം; എനിക്കു പ്രസാദം ചെയ്യുക. ന്യായാനുസാരം ക്രമമായി ഈ രുചികരമായ സ്ഥാനങ്ങളിൽ ഇരിക്കുവിൻ।

Word by Word

• svāgatam: welcome
• svāgatam: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-āgata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सु + आगतम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे ‘welcome’

• vaḥ: to you; your
• vaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-बहुवचन (gen./dat. pl.) एन्क्लिटिक; ‘to you/your’

• suraśreṣṭhāḥ: O best of the gods
• suraśreṣṭhāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura-śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सुरेषु श्रेष्ठाः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/सम्बोधन-प्रायः), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे

• prasādaḥ: favor; graciousness
• prasādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• kriyatām: let (it) be shown/done
• kriyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative): ‘let it be done’

• mama: toward me; of me
• mama: Sambandha (Possession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• niviśyatām: be seated
• niviśyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√viś (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative): ‘let (them/you) be seated’

• yathā-nyāyam: according to propriety
• yathā-nyāyam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + nyāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय; ‘according to rule/propriety’

• sthāneṣu: in the places/seats
• sthāneṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन

• rucireṣu: pleasant; beautiful
• rucireṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rucira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; ‘sthāneṣu’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā welcomes the gods, gesturing toward beautifully arranged seats within a radiant sacrificial pavilion; devas take their places in orderly tiers.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Devas (Sura-śreṣṭhāḥ)
• Prasāda
• Hospitality

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hospitality and proper respect (atithi-dharma) are sacred acts that invite prasāda (divine grace).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus here is on etiquette within a tīrtha-linked yajña narrative; the specific tīrtha is not named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Receiving honored guests with welcome, requesting their grace, and seating them according to due order.