Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

भट्टिकोवाच । सौराष्ट्रविषये राजा त्वं भविष्यसि पन्नग । भूमौ रैवतको नाम भोगानां भाजनं सदा

Transliteration

bhaṭṭikovāca | saurāṣṭraviṣaye rājā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi pannaga | bhūmau raivatako nāma bhogānāṃ bhājanaṃ sadā

Translation

ภัฏฏิกากล่าวว่า “โอ้พญานาค เจักจักเป็นราชาในแคว้นเสาราษฏระ บนแผ่นดินนี้ สถานที่ชื่อ ‘ไรเวตกะ’ จักเป็นภาชนะรองรับความรื่นรมย์และความรุ่งเรืองเสมอ”

Word by Word

• भट्टिकः: Bhaṭṭika
• भट्टिकः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भट्टिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वक्तृ-निर्देश

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सौराष्ट्रविषये: in the region of Saurāṣṭra
• सौराष्ट्रविषये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक) + विषय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सौराष्ट्रस्य विषयः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पन्नग: O serpent
• पन्नग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

• भूमौ: on the earth
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• रैवतको: Raivataka (name)
• रैवतको: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रैवतक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाम: named
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निपात (as named/called)

• भोगानाम्: of enjoyments/pleasures
• भोगानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• भाजनम्: a receptacle/abode
• भाजनम्: Karta (Predicate/कर्तृसमाना)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

Speaker

Bhaṭṭikā (as explicitly stated)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Raivataka

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Takṣaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhaṭṭikā delivers a prophecy/boon: Takṣaka is destined to become a king in Saurāṣṭra; behind them rises the sacred mountain Raivataka, symbolizing enduring prosperity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭikā
• Takṣaka (pannaga)
• Saurāṣṭra
• Raivataka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma presents destiny as reformative: even those under curse can be redirected toward ordered life and responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Raivataka in Saurāṣṭra is highlighted as a place associated with enduring bhoga/prosperity, within the tīrtha narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is given; it is a prophetic statement establishing sacred-geographic significance.