Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

देवता तस्य क्षेत्रस्य ततः प्रोवाच तं नृपम्

Transliteration

devatā tasya kṣetrasya tataḥ provāca taṃ nṛpam

Translation

แล้วเทวะผู้เป็นเทพประจำเขตศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้นก็ตรัสกับพระราชา

Word by Word

• देवता: the deity
• देवता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• क्षेत्रस्य: of the field/holy place
• क्षेत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Krama-sūcaka (Sequencer/क्रमसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/क्रमवाचक

• प्रोवाच: said, spoke
• प्रोवाच: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-उच्/वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नृपम्: the king
• नृपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Kṣetra-devatā (the presiding deity of the place)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The manifested deity turns toward the king and begins to speak; the assembly becomes still, hands folded, awaiting instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣetra-devatā
• Nṛpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely geography; it is a divine domain capable of communication and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s featured kṣetra is glorified through direct speech of its presiding deity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces the deity’s response to the performed homa.