Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त्यज दैत्यान्महाभाग देवानां संमतो भव । संप्राप्स्यसि परां पूजां सदा त्वं ग्रहमंडले

Transliteration

tyaja daityānmahābhāga devānāṃ saṃmato bhava | saṃprāpsyasi parāṃ pūjāṃ sadā tvaṃ grahamaṃḍale

Translation

त्यज दैत्यान् महाभाग, देवानां संमतो भव; सदा त्वं ग्रहमण्डले परां पूजां प्राप्स्यसि।

Word by Word

• tyaja: abandon, give up
• tyaja: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (त्यज् धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• daityān: the Daityas (demons)
• daityān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (vocative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; ‘महान् भागः यस्य’ (honorific address)

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• saṃmataḥ: approved, accepted
• saṃmataḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-man (मन् धातु) → saṃmata (क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘approved/accepted’

• bhava: become, be
• bhava: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• saṃprāpsyasi: you will attain
• saṃprāpsyasi: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-āp (आप् धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• parām: supreme, great
• parām: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (pūjām इत्यस्य)

• pūjām: worship, honor
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kāla (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (मध्यम-पुरुष ‘you’)

• grahamaṃḍale: in the circle of planets
• grahamaṃḍale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: graha + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘ग्रहाणां मण्डले’

Speaker

Acyuta (Viṣṇu) (deduced from the immediately preceding verse)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vishnu promises the former adversary enduring honor: worship in the graha-maṇḍala, provided he abandons the Daityas and gains Deva approval.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• Daityas
• Devas
• Grahamaṇḍala (sphere of planets/grahas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Alignment with the devas (dharma) elevates one’s cosmic role and makes one worthy of reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shloka highlights the graha-maṇḍala (cosmic sacred order) rather than naming a terrestrial tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies ongoing pūjā (worship) of a graha-deity, but gives no specific procedure.