Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

बाढमित्येव सोऽप्युक्त्वा पूजयित्वा च देवपम् । ततः प्रोवाच तं पुत्रं रक्तशृंगं हिमालयः

Transliteration

bāḍhamityeva so'pyuktvā pūjayitvā ca devapam | tataḥ provāca taṃ putraṃ raktaśṛṃgaṃ himālayaḥ

Translation

သူကလည်း “ကောင်းပြီ” ဟုဆိုကာ နတ်တို့၏အရှင်ကို သင့်တော်သလို ပူဇော်ကန်တော့하였다။ ထို့နောက် ဟိမာလယသည် သူ၏သား ရက္တရှೃင်္ဂ ကို ခေါ်၍ ပြောကြား하였다။

Word by Word

• बाढम्: certainly / agreed
• बाढम्: Sambandha/Discourse (वाक्योपपत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढ (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुमत्यर्थक निपात (assent particle)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Discourse (वाक्योपपत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक (quotative)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Discourse (वाक्योपपत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Discourse (वाक्योपपत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped/honoured
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Discourse (वाक्योपपत्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• देवपम्: Devapa (proper name)
• देवपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक (then/thereafter)

• प्रोवाच: said/spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र- वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: to him/that
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रक्तशृंगम्: Raktaśṛṅga (name)
• रक्तशृंगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• हिमालयः: Himālaya
• हिमालयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Himālaya agrees, worships Indra, then turns to speak to his son Raktaśṛṅga, initiating the mission.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Raktaśṛṅga
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respectful reception and honour of divine authority (and by extension dharma) is shown as the proper response before undertaking sacred tasks.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is moving toward the Nāgabila locale (explicitly mentioned in the subsequent verses), a focal point of the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā—honouring/worshipping (here, Indra as devapā)—is performed as a dharmic act preceding instruction.