Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अतस्ताभ्यां समेताभ्यां धर्मादीनां समागमः । यदोभयोर्मते पृष्टे संतुष्टाः पितृदेवताः

Transliteration

atastābhyāṃ sametābhyāṃ dharmādīnāṃ samāgamaḥ | yadobhayormate pṛṣṭe saṃtuṣṭāḥ pitṛdevatāḥ

Translation

ஆகவே, இருவரும் ஒன்றிணைந்தால் தர்மம் முதலிய நற்குணங்கள் முழுமையாகச் சேர்கின்றன; மேலும் இருவரின் சம்மதத்துடன் செயல் நடந்தால் பித்ரு-தேவர்கள் திருப்தியடைகின்றனர்।

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Sambandha (Causal connector/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक (adverb: ‘therefore/from that’)

• ताभ्याम्: by those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); द्विवचन — ‘by/with those two’

• समेताभ्याम्: together, united
• समेताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समेत (कृदन्त; सम्+इ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); द्विवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle): ‘having come together/combined’ (qualifying ताभ्याम्)

• धर्मादीनाम्: of dharma and the rest
• धर्मादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन — ‘of dharma etc.’; समासः धर्म+आदि (तत्पुरुष)

• समागमः: a meeting/attainment
• समागमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन — ‘meeting/attainment’

• यद्: when
• यद्: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (अव्यय/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Form: अव्यय; यदर्थे (relative particle: ‘when/whereby’)

• उभयोः: of both
• उभयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); द्विवचन — ‘of both’

• मते: in the opinion
• मते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन — ‘in the opinion/decision’

• पृष्टे: when asked
• पृष्टे: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु) → पृष्ट (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त: ‘when asked/inquired’ (agreeing with मते)

• संतुष्टाः: satisfied
• संतुष्टाः: Karta (Predicate of subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+तुष् (धातु) → संतुष्ट (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त: ‘satisfied’ (predicate adjective)

• पितृदेवताः: the ancestral deities (Pitṛs)
• पितृदेवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ-देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन — ‘pitṛ-deities’; समासः पितृ + देवता (कर्मधारय: ‘deities who are the Pitṛs/ancestral deities’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced for Nāgarakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A couple seated together at a tīrtha-side home/āśrama, consulting respectfully before a ritual; behind them a small ancestral shrine or tarpaṇa vessel; pitṛ-devatās appear above as satisfied, blessing figures.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Household dharma flourishes through unity and mutual consultation, bringing harmony that pleases the ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides ethical-dharma framing within the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consulting both husband and wife in dharmic actions is praised as a means of satisfying pitṛ-devatās.