Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततः शक्रादयो देवाः सहायार्थं निमंत्रिताः । दक्षेण मुनयश्चैव तथा राजर्षयोऽमलाः

Transliteration

tataḥ śakrādayo devāḥ sahāyārthaṃ nimaṃtritāḥ | dakṣeṇa munayaścaiva tathā rājarṣayo'malāḥ

Translation

त्यानंतर सहाय्यासाठी शक्र (इंद्र) इत्यादी देवांना निमंत्रण दिले गेले; तसेच दक्षांनी मुनी आणि निर्मळ राजर्षींनाही बोलावले।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa/कालाधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (ablatival adverb)

• शक्रादयः: Indra and others
• शक्रादयः: Karta/कर्ता (with देवाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘शक्रः आदिः येषाम् ते’ (आदिशब्द-समास)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta/कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सहायार्थम्: for assistance
• सहायार्थम्: Prayojana/प्रयोजन (purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

• निमंत्रिताः: were invited
• निमंत्रिताः: Karta/कर्ता (state of being invited)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• दक्षेण: by Dakṣa
• दक्षेण: Karana/करण (agent/instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta/कर्ता (also invited)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya/समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, also
• एव: Avadhāraṇa/अवधारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya/समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• राजर्षयः: royal sages
• राजर्षयः: Karta/कर्ता (also invited)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘राज्ञः ऋषयः’

• अमलाः: pure, spotless
• अमलाः: Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘राजर्षयः’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand invitation scene: Indra and devas arrive with radiance; sages with matted hair and rājārṣis in royal attire enter the yajña enclosure, forming a multi-tiered sacred assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Dakṣa
• Devas
• Munis
• Rājarṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites (yajña) are upheld through collective dharmic cooperation—devas, sages, and righteous rulers support a consecrated undertaking.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as narrative setup within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it describes the formal invitation of divine and sage participants to support a yajña.