Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

परं तत्र करिष्यामि सुखोपायं सुरेश्वराः । युष्मभ्यं पादुकायां च महत्त्वं येन जायते

Transliteration

paraṃ tatra kariṣyāmi sukhopāyaṃ sureśvarāḥ | yuṣmabhyaṃ pādukāyāṃ ca mahattvaṃ yena jāyate

Translation

ତଥାପି ହେ ସୁରେଶ୍ୱରମାନେ, ସେଠାରେ ମୁଁ ଏକ ସହଜ ଉପାୟ କରିବି—ଯାହାଦ୍ୱାରା ତୁମମାନଙ୍କର ଓ ପାଦୁକାର ମହତ୍ତ୍ୱ ଉଦ୍ଭବିତ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• परम्: however, but
• परम्: Avyaya (Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परम् (अव्यय/विशेषण-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अपवादार्थक (but/however)

• तत्र: there, in that matter
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Topic/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there/in that matter)

• करिष्यामि: I will do
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सुखोपायम्: an easy means
• सुखोपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख + उपाय (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सुखस्य उपायः / सुखेन उपायः)

• सुरेश्वराः: O lords of the gods
• सुरेश्वराः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुराणाम् ईश्वराः); अत्र संबोधनार्थः

• युष्मभ्यम्: to you (pl.)
• युष्मभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पादुकायाम्: in/with regard to the sandal
• पादुकायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• महत्त्वम्: greatness, importance
• महत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपेण (करिष्यामि—महत्त्वं)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-यत् (relative)

• जायते: arises, is born
• जायते: Kriya (Becoming)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pādukā-tīrtha (name unspecified)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sureśvarāḥ (devas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord, compassionate, outlines a plan; devas brighten with hope; the pādukā radiates more intensely, and on earth yajña fires reappear, with pilgrims approaching the sacred spot.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devas (Sureśvarāḥ)
• Pādukā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine governance can harmonize competing concerns—upholding the sanctity of the tīrtha while restoring welfare for the devas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Pādukā tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, whose mahattva (greatness) is to be further established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not specified here; Śiva promises an ‘easy means’ (sukhopāya) to be revealed/implemented.