Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सात्वतेनापि सांबेन बलभद्रेण धीमता । प्रद्युमेनानिरुद्धेन तथान्यैर्मुख्ययादवैः

Transliteration

sātvatenāpi sāṃbena balabhadreṇa dhīmatā | pradyumenāniruddhena tathānyairmukhyayādavaiḥ

Translation

ਸਾਤਵਤ, ਸਾਂਬ, ਬੁੱਧਿਮਾਨ ਬਲਭਦ੍ਰ, ਪ੍ਰਦ੍ਯੁਮਨ, ਅਨਿਰੁੱਧ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਪ੍ਰਮੁੱਖ ਯਾਦਵ ਵੀ ਉੱਥੇ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੋਏ—ਧਰਮ-ਖੇਤਰ ਦੀ ਮਹਿਮਾ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੇ ਉਸ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਕਾਰਜ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਹਭਾਗੀ ਬਣੇ।

Word by Word

• सात्वतेन: by Sātvata (a Yādava)
• सात्वतेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सात्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (particle: “also, even”)

• साम्बेन: by Sāmba
• साम्बेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• बलभद्रेण: by Balabhadra
• बलभद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• धीमता: by the wise (one)
• धीमता: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् बलभद्रेण (wise, intelligent)

• प्रद्युमेन: by Pradyumna
• प्रद्युमेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• अनिरुद्धेन: by Aniruddha
• अनिरुद्धेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिरुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ/प्रकारवाचक (thus/likewise)

• अन्यैः: by other
• अन्यैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् यदवैः (by other...)

• मुख्ययादवैः: by the chief Yādavas
• मुख्ययादवैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent-in-passive करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक) + यादव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; “by the chief Yādavas”

Speaker

Narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of Yādava princes—Sāmba, Balabhadra, Pradyumna, Aniruddha and others—arrive with offerings, joining priests and elders in the kṣetra’s consecration activities; banners, chariots, and ritual vessels fill the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Sātvata
• Sāmba
• Balabhadra (Balarāma)
• Pradyumna
• Aniruddha
• Yādavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great merit arises when eminent devotees join together in dharmic acts at a sacred site, strengthening faith and communal worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Participation in the broader sacred act (context: liṅga installation and worship) at the tīrtha; the verse itself lists participants.