Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

रेवत्यु वाच । स्थाने स्थेयं सदाऽत्रैव मम नाम्ना सुरेश्वरि । येन मे जायते कीर्तिस्त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

Transliteration

revatyu vāca | sthāne stheyaṃ sadā'traiva mama nāmnā sureśvari | yena me jāyate kīrtistrailokye sacarācare

Translation

เรวตีกราบทูลว่า: ข้าแต่เทวีผู้เป็นใหญ่เหนือเหล่าเทพ ขอให้ข้าพเจ้าพำนักอยู่ ณ สถานที่นี้เสมอ โดยนามของข้าพเจ้าเอง เพื่อให้เกียรติยศของข้าพเจ้าปรากฏไปทั่วไตรโลก ทั้งสิ่งที่เคลื่อนไหวและไม่เคลื่อนไหว

Word by Word

• रेवती: Revatī
• रेवती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्थेयम्: should be stayed/should remain
• स्थेयम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय (to be done)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नाम्ना: by (my) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सुरेश्वरि: O goddess, mistress of the gods
• सुरेश्वरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-ईश्वरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सुराणाम् ईश्वरी)

• येन: by which/whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मे: for me/to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Genitive/Dative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कीर्तिः: fame
• कीर्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयाणां लोकानां समाहारः)

• सचराचरे: with moving and unmoving beings
• सचराचरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (चराश्च अचराश्च)

Speaker

Revatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revatī-sthāna (as named in the narrative)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Sura-īśvarī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Revatī, in reverent posture, petitions the Goddess to remain at the spot under her own name so that fame spreads through the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Revatī
• Sureśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Association with a sacred place (sthāna) and its service can confer enduring renown and spiritual remembrance across worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises “this very place” (atraiva sthāne), implying an eponymous connection with Revatī; the exact tīrtha name is not included in the provided snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; the focus is on permanent presence at the sacred site and the resulting kīrti.