Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

एवं स्तुतास्तु ते रुद्रा एकादशतपस्विभिः । एकादशापि तान्प्रोचुर्भक्तिनम्रांस्तु तापसान्

Transliteration

evaṃ stutāstu te rudrā ekādaśatapasvibhiḥ | ekādaśāpi tānprocurbhaktinamrāṃstu tāpasān

Translation

Так, восхвалённые одиннадцатью подвижниками, те одиннадцать Рудр, увидев мудрецов, смиренно склонившихся в преданности, обратились к ним.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (एवम्)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• stutāḥ: praised
• stutāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stu (स्तु धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘rudrāḥ’ विशेषणम्

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• te: those
• te: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संकेत (those)

• rudrāḥ: Rudras
• rudrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudra (रुद्र) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ekādaśa-tapasvibhiḥ: by the eleven ascetics
• ekādaśa-tapasvibhiḥ: Karana (करण/instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa (एकादश) + tapasvin (तपस्विन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental), बहुवचन; करण-कारक (by the eleven ascetics)

• ekādaśāḥ: the eleven (ascetics)
• ekādaśāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa (एकादश) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (the eleven)

• api: also
• api: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अपि)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also)

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), बहुवचन

• procuḥ: they said / addressed
• procuḥ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-vac (प्र+वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• bhakti-namrān: humble with devotion
• bhakti-namrān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (भक्ति) + namra (नम्र) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘tāpasān’ विशेषणम्; अर्थः ‘भक्त्या नम्र’

• tu: indeed
• tu: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• tāpasān: ascetics
• tāpasān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpasa (तापस) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Eleven ascetics stand with folded hands, heads bowed; before them appear eleven Rudras, radiant and attentive, about to speak—an intimate threshold moment between praise and boon.

Characters & Entities

• Rudrāḥ
• Ekādaśa Tāpasa (eleven ascetics)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional humility (bhakti with namratā) draws divine attention and response.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra / tīrtha context within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it sets up the divine response to the ascetics’ praise.