Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततः शक्रसमादेशादुत्थाय सुरकिंकरः । प्रोक्षयामास तोयेन पार्थिवस्य तदासनम्

Transliteration

tataḥ śakrasamādeśādutthāya surakiṃkaraḥ | prokṣayāmāsa toyena pārthivasya tadāsanam

Translation

Kemudian, atas titah Indra, seorang pembantu kayangan bangkit lalu memercikkan air suci pada singgahsana raja itu.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Avyaya (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘thereupon/from that’)

• शक्रसमादेशात्: from Śakra’s command
• शक्रसमादेशात्: Apadana/Hetu (Source/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र + समादेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; ablative singular; समासः शक्रस्य समादेशः (तत्पुरुष)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having risen’

• सुरकिंकरः: a divine attendant
• सुरकिंकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + किंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; nominative singular; समासः सुराणां किंकरः (तत्पुरुष)

• प्रोक्षयामास: sprinkled
• प्रोक्षयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘he sprinkled’

• तोयेन: with water
• तोयेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; instrumental singular

• पार्थिवस्य: of the king
• पार्थिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular; demonstrative qualifying आसनम्

• आसनम्: seat
• आसनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular

Speaker

Narrator (not specified in snippet; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Indra’s आदेश, a celestial attendant rises and sprinkles water over the king’s seat, ritually purifying it; the water droplets glint like pearls in the divine hall.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Surakiṃkara (divine attendant)
• Pārthiva (king)
• Prokṣaṇa/Abhyukṣaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and honour are upheld through ordained acts; dharma operates through proper command and service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the emphasis is on a ritual act within Indra’s setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prokṣaṇa/abhyukṣaṇa—sprinkling with water as a purification or consecration rite—is explicitly described.