Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

पीतशेषं च पीयूषं स्थापितं नन्दने वने । नागराजस्य यत्रैव स्थितमालानमेव च

Transliteration

pītaśeṣaṃ ca pīyūṣaṃ sthāpitaṃ nandane vane | nāgarājasya yatraiva sthitamālānameva ca

Translation

ପାନ କରିବା ପରେ ଯେ ଅମୃତ ଅବଶିଷ୍ଟ ରହିଥିଲା, ତାହାକୁ ନନ୍ଦନବନରେ ସ୍ଥାପନ କରାଗଲା—ସେଠାରେ ନାଗରାଜଙ୍କ ଆଲାନ-ସ୍ତମ୍ଭ (ବାନ୍ଧିବା ଖୁଣ୍ଟ) ମଧ୍ୟ ଥିଲା।

Word by Word

• pītaśeṣam: the remaining (after being drunk)
• pītaśeṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pīta + śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (pītaḥ śeṣaḥ = the remaining after being drunk) विशेषण (qualifying pīyūṣam)

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

• pīyūṣam: nectar (amṛta)
• pīyūṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīyūṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• sthāpitam: placed / deposited
• sthāpitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + ṇic (causative) → sthāpaya + kta → sthāpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle of causative), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here agreeing with pīyūṣam (object)

• nandane: in Nandana (garden)
• nandane: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (स्थानवाचक)

• vane: in the forest/grove
• vane: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• nāgarājasya: of the serpent-king
• nāgarājasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga + rāja (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nāgānāṃ rājā = king of serpents)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• eva: indeed / just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• sthitam: situated / placed
• sthitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + kta → sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (elliptically: sthitam ... ca)

• ālānam: tethering-post (elephant-post)
• ālānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ālāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• eva: itself
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic ākhyāna voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ālāna-sthāna associated with Nāgarāja (as described)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene celestial grove with flowering trees; devas carefully placing a vessel containing the remaining nectar near a sturdy tethering-post associated with the Nāga-king.

Characters & Entities

• Pīyūṣa/Amṛta
• Nandana-vana
• Nāgarāja
• Ālāna (tethering post)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred substances sanctify the very landscape; divine remnants become seeds for future holy manifestations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nandana-vana (the celestial grove) is referenced as the sanctified setting where the nectar’s remainder was placed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse explains the sacred placement of amṛta in a holy grove.