Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तथाऽत्रैव सदा स्थेयं क्षेत्रे युष्माभिरेव हि । सांनिध्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु गन्तव्यं च यथा पुरा

Transliteration

tathā'traiva sadā stheyaṃ kṣetre yuṣmābhireva hi | sāṃnidhyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu gantavyaṃ ca yathā purā

Translation

അതുപോലെ നിങ്ങൾ ഈ പുണ്യക്ഷേത്രത്തിൽ തന്നേ എപ്പോഴും ഇവിടെ നിലകൊള്ളണം; കൂടാതെ മുൻപുപോലെ ത്രിലോകങ്ങളിലും നിങ്ങളുടെ ദിവ്യ സാന്നിധ്യം നൽകുവാൻ ഗമിക്കയും വേണം.

Word by Word

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); प्रकारार्थक

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• stheyam: should be stayed/remained
• stheyam: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + ya (यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ण्यत्/यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive: ‘to be stayed’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/place
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• yuṣmābhiḥ: by you (all)
• yuṣmābhiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (for/indeed)

• sāṃnidhyam: presence/nearby presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• triṣu: in the three
• triṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• lokeṣu: worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• gantavyam: to be gone/should go
• gantavyam: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/just as)

• purā: formerly/before
• purā: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (formerly)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa instructs the Bhāskaras to remain forever in the kṣetra; behind them a small shrine or altar appears as the ‘seat’ of presence, while the sky shows their rays extending across the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣetra (sacred field)
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Tri-loka (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely symbolic; it is portrayed as a real seat of continuing divine presence (sānnidhya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kṣetra within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya where Bhāskara is asked to remain permanently.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction establishing ongoing, localized divine residence—implying sustained worship at the kṣetra.