Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

ततस्तं मुनिशार्दूलं शूलाग्रादवतार्य च । प्रोचुश्च विबुधश्रेष्ठाः सादरं हर्षसंयुताः

Transliteration

tatastaṃ muniśārdūlaṃ śūlāgrādavatārya ca | procuśca vibudhaśreṣṭhāḥ sādaraṃ harṣasaṃyutāḥ

Translation

แล้วเหล่าเทพผู้ประเสริฐยิ่ง ด้วยความปีติและความเคารพ ได้อัญเชิญมุนีผู้ดุจพยัคฆ์ในหมู่นักพรตลงจากปลายตรีศูล แล้วกล่าวกับท่านด้วยความนอบน้อม

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘then/thereafter’

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (कर्म) एकवचनम् — demonstrative pronoun ‘him’

• muniśārdūlam: the tiger among sages
• muniśārdūlam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (munīnām śārdūlaḥ) — ‘tiger among sages’

• śūlāgrāt: from the trident’s tip
• śūlāgrāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे पञ्चमी (अपादान) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘from the tip of the trident’

• avatārya: having brought down
• avatārya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√tṝ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययभाव) — अवतार्य = ‘having brought down’ (gerund)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — ‘and’

• procuḥ: they spoke
• procuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत) प्रथमपुरुष बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम् — ‘they said/spoke’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — ‘and’ (sandhi in procuś-ca)

• vibudhaśreṣṭhāḥ: the best of the gods
• vibudhaśreṣṭhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibudha (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (कर्ता) बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — ‘best of the gods/wise beings’

• sādaram: respectfully
• sādaram: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa-ādara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘respectfully/with reverence’

• harṣasaṃyutāḥ: filled with joy
• harṣasaṃyutāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: harṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √yuj)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थ (harṣeṇa saṃyutāḥ) — ‘endowed with joy’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Skanda narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant assembly of devas respectfully lowers the great sage from the tip of Śiva’s trident; the sage stands composed, devas smiling with joy, hands in añjali, about to speak.

Characters & Entities

• Vibudhas (Devas)
• Śūla (Trident)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine beings honor realized sages; reverence for dharma and tapas is shown as a cosmic principle even among the gods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a broader Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-glorification episode; the particular tīrtha is not named in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates respectful divine action toward a sage.