Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तेनैतद्व्याकुलीभूतं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् । तस्माद्गच्छामहे तत्र यत्र देवो महेश्वरः

Transliteration

tenaitadvyākulībhūtaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram | tasmādgacchāmahe tatra yatra devo maheśvaraḥ

Translation

เพราะเหตุนั้น ไตรโลกทั้งสิ้น—ทั้งจรและอจร—จึงปั่นป่วนเดือดร้อน ดังนั้นเราจงไปยังที่ซึ่งพระมหेशวรประทับอยู่

Word by Word

• तेन: therefore, by that
• तेन: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — 'by that/therefore'

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'this'

• व्याकुलीभूतम्: has become distressed
• व्याकुलीभूतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याकुली + भू (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'having become agitated'

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रयः लोकाः)

• सचराचरम्: with moving and unmoving beings
• सचराचरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः (चरं च अचरं च) — qualifying 'trailokyam'

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-इति अव्ययीभूत-प्रयोगः; अपादानार्थे (ablatival adverb) — 'therefore/from that'

• गच्छामहे: we go
• गच्छामहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद — 'we go'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Relative locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महेश्वरः: Mahēśvara (the Great Lord)
• महेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Brahmā (addressing the Devas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maheśvara-sthāna in Anarta (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Deva assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The three worlds shown in turmoil—animals restless, trees bent, oceans rough—while devas decide to depart in a luminous procession toward Maheśvara’s abode in Anarta.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Maheśvara)
• Trailokya
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When cosmic harmony is broken, turning toward Śiva and the sacred site connected to him is presented as the corrective dharmic response.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse gestures toward Mahādeva’s location in Anarta; the precise tirtha identification unfolds in the continuing passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied prescription of pilgrimage/approach to the deity’s abode to restore order.