Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

।सूत उवाच । एवमुक्त्वाथ ते देवास्तां देवीं हर्षसंयुताः । अनुज्ञातास्तया जग्मुः स्वां पुरीममरावतीम्

Transliteration

|sūta uvāca | evamuktvātha te devāstāṃ devīṃ harṣasaṃyutāḥ | anujñātāstayā jagmuḥ svāṃ purīmamarāvatīm

Translation

สูตะกล่าวว่า: ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว เหล่าเทพผู้เปี่ยมด้วยความปีติ ได้ลาพระเทวีด้วยพระอนุญาตของพระนาง แล้วจึงไปยังนครของตน คืออมราวตี

Word by Word

• सूतः: Sūta (the narrator)
• सूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √vac (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवीम्: the goddess
• देवीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हर्षसंयुताः: filled with joy
• हर्षसंयुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (हर्षेण संयुताः = endowed with joy)

• अनुज्ञाताः: having been permitted
• अनुज्ञाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anujñāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √jñā with anu-, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत (past passive participle)

• तया: by her
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• स्वाम्: their own
• स्वाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुरीम्: city
• पुरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अमरावतीम्: Amarāvatī
• अमरावतीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amarāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; पुरी-विशेषणरूपेण (as apposition)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (dvijottamāḥ) in the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Devī seated or standing at the kṣetra shrine; assembled devas with folded hands, faces bright with relief; they circumambulate, receive her anujñā, then depart skyward toward Amarāvatī amid celestial light.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Devas
• Devī
• Amarāvatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order is restored through reverence and proper leave-taking (anujñā), emphasizing dharmic conduct even among the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya section of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative, describing the devas’ departure after receiving permission.