Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

तेन ते सर्वलोकेषु गताः ख्यातिं पुरा नृप

Transliteration

tena te sarvalokeṣu gatāḥ khyātiṃ purā nṛpa

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ നൃപാ, അവർ പുരാതനകാലം മുതൽ എല്ലാ ലോകങ്ങളിലും ഖ്യാതി പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karana/Hetu (Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; 'by that/therefore' (instrumental of cause)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; pronoun = 'they'

• सर्वलोकेषु: in all worlds
• सर्वलोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वलोक (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + लोक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सप्तमी बहुवचनम्; अधिकरण = 'in all worlds'

• गताः: attained/went
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गत (कृदन्त; √गम् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त used predicatively = 'went/attained'

• ख्यातिम्: fame
• ख्यातिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख्याति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; object of attainment

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Avyaya (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb) = 'formerly'

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन एकवचनम्; संबोधन

Speaker

Narrator addressing a king (explicit vocative nṛpa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic ‘three worlds’ tableau where the Viśvedevāḥ are honored—devas in heaven, humans performing śrāddha on earth, pitṛs receiving in the ancestral realm—signifying universal renown.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvedevāḥ (implied)
• King (nṛpa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Those who uphold and protect Dharma—especially sacred rites like Śrāddha—gain enduring, world-spanning renown.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Śrāddha teaching embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new procedure is added here; it reinforces the prior instruction by praising the recipients’ cosmic status.