Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

एता एवाशिषः सन्तु विश्वेदेवाः प्रीयंतां ततः । स्वस्त्यर्थमुदकं दद्यात्पितृपूर्वं च सव्यतः

Transliteration

etā evāśiṣaḥ santu viśvedevāḥ prīyaṃtāṃ tataḥ | svastyarthamudakaṃ dadyātpitṛpūrvaṃ ca savyataḥ

Translation

இவ்வாசிகள் நிறைவேறுக; விஶ்வேதேவர்கள் மகிழ்வாராக. பின்னர் மங்களத்திற்காக நீரர்ப்பணம் செய்ய வேண்டும்—முதலில் பித்ருக்களுக்கு, இடப்புறத்திலிருந்து.

Word by Word

• एताः: these
• एताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying आशिषः)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• आशिषः: blessings
• आशिषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशिष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सन्तु: may (they) be
• सन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• विश्वेदेवाः: the Viśvedevas (all the gods)
• विश्वेदेवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वे (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारय (the all-gods)

• प्रीयन्ताम्: may (they) be pleased
• प्रीयन्ताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदर्थे अव्यय (adverb: thereafter/from that)

• स्वस्ति-अर्थम्: for welfare, for auspiciousness
• स्वस्ति-अर्थम्: Hetu/Purpose (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्त्यर्थम् = for the sake of welfare)

• उदकम्: water
• उदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पितृपूर्वम्: beginning with the Pitṛs (ancestors)
• पितृपूर्वम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial: with the fathers first)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सव्यतः: from the left side
• सव्यतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सव्यतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: दिक्/देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of direction: from the left)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / or a royal interlocutor within the chapter’s address

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha setting at a tīrtha: the performer seated on kuśa, water-vessel in hand, invoking Viśvedevas and then offering udaka for Pitṛs with careful left-side orientation; attendants and a calm riverbank/temple precinct in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvedevas
• Pitṛs
• Svasti-udaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śrāddha is completed by seeking the satisfaction of cosmic witnesses (Viśvedevas) and confirming auspiciousness through orderly water offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya framework, but this verse does not name the tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Invoke fulfillment of blessings, please the Viśvedevas, and then offer auspicious water with the Pitṛs first and in savya orientation.