Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 169

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मस्थाने त्वया शक्र पंचरात्रमुपेत्य च । स्थातव्यं मर्त्यलोकस्य सुखमासेव्यतां प्रभो

Transliteration

brahmasthāne tvayā śakra paṃcarātramupetya ca | sthātavyaṃ martyalokasya sukhamāsevyatāṃ prabho

Translation

ഹേ ശക്രാ, ബ്രഹ്മസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ എത്തി നീ അഞ്ചു രാത്രികൾ താമസിക്കണം; ഹേ പ്രഭോ, ഈ അനുഷ്ഠാനത്തിലൂടെ മർത്ത്യലോകസുഖം അനുഭവിക്കപ്പെടട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मस्थाने: in Brahmā’s place / in the Brahma-shrine
• ब्रह्मस्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘ब्रह्मणः स्थानम्’)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पञ्चरात्रम्: five nights
• पञ्चरात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + रात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समास

• उपेत्य: having approached/come
• उपेत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्थातव्यम्: should be stayed (you must stay)
• स्थातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (to be done)

• मर्त्यलोकस्य: of the mortal world
• मर्त्यलोकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्यलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘मर्त्यानां लोकः’)

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आसेव्यताम्: let it be enjoyed/experienced
• आसेव्यताम्: Kriya (Injunction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सेव् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रभो: O lord
• प्रभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas (as implied by the preceding narrative; addressing Śakra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmasthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas instruct Śakra: come to Brahmasthāna and remain for five nights, so that mortal-world happiness may be enjoyed/secured.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Brahmasthāna
• Martyaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dwelling in a sanctified place with discipline (niyama) is portrayed as a means to generate welfare and auspiciousness for the human realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Brahmasthāna within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Bālamaṇḍanatīrtha narrative of Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A five-night observance/residence (pañcarātra-vāsa) at the Brahmasthāna is prescribed to Śakra.