Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

क्षेत्रेऽत्रैव निवत्स्यामो येन स्कन्दकृते वयम् । तेन संस्थापिताश्चात्र प्रोक्ताः स्थेयं सदा ततः

Transliteration

kṣetre'traiva nivatsyāmo yena skandakṛte vayam | tena saṃsthāpitāścātra proktāḥ stheyaṃ sadā tataḥ

Translation

“พวกเราจะพำนักอยู่ในเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้เอง เพราะพวกเราผูกพันกับกิจของพระสกันทะ; เมื่อพระองค์ทรงสถาปนาพวกเราไว้ ณ ที่นี้แล้ว ก็ตรัสให้พวกเราพำนักอยู่ที่นี่เสมอไป”

Word by Word

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — indeclinable adverb of place

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — particle of emphasis

• निवत्स्यामः: we shall dwell
• निवत्स्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वस् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Simple future, 1st person plural

• येन: by which/whereby
• येन: Karana (Means/Reason/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — Pronoun, Instrumental singular; हेतु/करणार्थे

• स्कन्द-कृते: for Skanda’s sake
• स्कन्द-कृते: Hetu (Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ धातोः क्त, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘स्कन्दस्य कृते’ (for Skanda’s sake)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन — Pronoun, Nominative plural

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Means/Reason/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — Pronoun, Instrumental singular

• संस्थापिताः: having been established/placed
• संस्थापिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थापित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/Passive past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — PPP, Masculine, Nominative plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक) — indeclinable adverb of place

• प्रोक्ताः: having been told/declared
• प्रोक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) → प्रोक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/Passive past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — PPP, Masculine, Nominative plural

• स्थेयम्: (it is) to be stayed/one should remain
• स्थेयम्: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थेय (कृदन्त, तव्यत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्-प्रत्यय, विधिलिङ्गार्थ/gerundive of obligation), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — Gerundive: ‘should be stayed’

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — adverb of time

• ततः: thereafter/therefrom
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् अर्थे) — indeclinable: ‘thereafter/from that’

Speaker

Mātaraḥ (Mātṛkās)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Mothers declare their resolve to remain within the same sacred region, pointing to a consecrated spot where Skanda established them; the kṣetra glows with protective energy.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Mātṛkās
• Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A kṣetra’s sanctity is maintained through divine appointments; Skanda’s acts establish enduring spiritual guardianship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the sanctity of “this kṣetra” within Nāgarakhaṇḍa (Adhyāya 106), treating the region as a divinely established sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it asserts perpetual residence as part of the sacred site’s divine administration.