Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

लोकाश्च सुखसंपन्नाः सर्वे जाता स्ततः परम् । यज्ञभागभुजो देवा भूयो जाता जगत्त्रये

Transliteration

lokāśca sukhasaṃpannāḥ sarve jātā stataḥ param | yajñabhāgabhujo devā bhūyo jātā jagattraye

Translation

ต่อแต่นั้น โลกทั้งปวงก็เปี่ยมด้วยสุขและความอุดมสมบูรณ์ และเหล่าเทวะผู้รับส่วนแห่งยัญญบูชาก็กลับรุ่งเรืองอีกครั้งทั่วไตรภพ

Word by Word

• लोकाः: worlds/people
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural

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

• सुखसंपन्नाः: endowed with happiness
• सुखसंपन्नाः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख-संपन्न (प्रातिपदिक; सुख + संपन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural; विशेषणम् of लोकाः

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural; ‘all’

• जाताः: became
• जाताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — past participle used predicatively ‘became/were born’

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal/causal setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्) — indeclinable ‘thereafter/from that’

• परम्: afterwards
• परम्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal setting)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘further/afterwards’

• यज्ञभागभुजः: partakers of sacrificial shares
• यज्ञभागभुजः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज्ञ-भाग-भुज् (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + भाग + भुज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural; विशेषणम् of देवाः; ‘eaters/receivers of sacrificial portions’

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन — masculine nominative plural

• भूयः: again / more
• भूयः: Kala-adhikarana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनः/अधिकम्) — indeclinable ‘again/more’

• जाताः: became
• जाताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — past participle used predicatively

• जगत्त्रये: in the three worlds
• जगत्त्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + त्रय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — neuter locative singular; ‘in the three worlds’

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta) — implied by continuing narrative in this adhyāya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-kṣetra Devi-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The three worlds brighten: people content, fields abundant; devas appear renewed, receiving sacrificial portions as fires blaze steadily on altars.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Three Worlds (Trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma is removed and dharma is restored, both cosmic order and worldly welfare (sukha-sampatti) naturally return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya stream of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it highlights the return of yajña-order and the devas’ sacrificial shares.