Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

स्वर्गं वाञ्छद्भिरेवान्यैः स्वर्गद्वारप्रदस्तथा । हेरंबः स्थापितस्तत्र सत्यनामा यथोदितः

Transliteration

svargaṃ vāñchadbhirevānyaiḥ svargadvārapradastathā | heraṃbaḥ sthāpitastatra satyanāmā yathoditaḥ

Translation

Do mesmo modo, por outros que ansiavam pelo céu, Heraṃba foi ali instalado—o concedente do portal do céu—verdadeiro em seu nome, como foi declarado.

Word by Word

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Karma (Object of desire)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• vāñchadbhiḥ: by (those) desiring
• vāñchadbhiḥ: Karana (Agent group in passive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √vāñch (वाञ्छ्; धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural participle

• eva: indeed
• eva: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• anyaiḥ: by others
• anyaiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• svarga-dvāra-pradaḥ: giver of the gate to heaven
• svarga-dvāra-pradaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बहुपद; ‘svargasya dvāraṃ pradadāti’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular (epithet)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb: ‘likewise’)

• heraṃbaḥ: Heramba (Gaṇeśa)
• heraṃbaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: heraṃba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• sthāpitaḥ: was installed
• sthāpitaḥ: Kriyā (passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sthā (स्था; धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘was installed’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• satya-nāmā: whose name is Satya / named Satyanāman
• satya-nāmā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (‘satyaṃ nāma yasya saḥ’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular adjective

• yathā-uditaḥ: as stated
• yathā-uditaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + ud-√i (इ; धातु) (कृदन्त: उदित)
• Form: यथाऽ (अव्यय) + कृदन्त-विशेषण ‘उदितः’; सन्ध्यन्तरं: यथोदितः = यथा उदितः

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (deduced: a Purāṇic narrator within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Heraṃba-sthāpana in Camatkārapura-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shrine where Heraṃba is installed; devotees with upward-looking aspiration offer lamps and sweets; the iconography suggests guardianship and passage—‘gateway to heaven’.

Characters & Entities

• Heraṃba (Gaṇeśa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion at a sanctified site, directed to the appropriate deity-form, is said to open the way to higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kṣetra in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya where Heraṃba was installed; the excerpt does not provide the kṣetra’s proper name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Installation and worship of Heraṃba for those seeking svarga (heavenly attainment).