Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

चकार च सुखी राज्यं त्रैलोक्येऽपि द्विजोत्तमाः । यज्ञभागान्पुनर्लेभे यथार्थं च धरातले

Transliteration

cakāra ca sukhī rājyaṃ trailokye'pi dvijottamāḥ | yajñabhāgānpunarlebhe yathārthaṃ ca dharātale

Translation

Dan dia memerintah dengan bahagia—bahkan atas tiga alam, wahai dwija yang utama. Di bumi, dia memperoleh kembali bahagian korban yajña yang semestinya, dengan tertib menurut dharma.

Word by Word

• चकार: did, performed
• चकार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शक्रस्य)

• राज्यम्: kingdom, rule
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

• द्विजोत्तमाः: O best of twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Address (Sambodhana/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (हे द्विजोत्तमाः)

• यज्ञभागान्: shares/portions of sacrifice
• यज्ञभागान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य भागाः)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• लेभे: obtained, regained
• लेभे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यथार्थम्: properly, as is right
• यथार्थम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (according to reality/rightly)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• धरातले: on the earth’s surface
• धरातले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरातल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijoत्तमाः (addressed audience: best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra enthroned in Amarāvatī, the three worlds orderly; on earth, priests offer oblations as devas receive their rightful portions, symbolizing restored harmony.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (implied)
• Three worlds (Trailokya)
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is restored, yajña and rightful order return; legitimate authority is linked with proper sacrificial reciprocity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is thematic (cosmic order) rather than site-specific, within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription is given, but yajña-bhāga (sacrificial entitlement) is referenced as a marker of restored ritual order.