Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तस्मादानीयतां सर्वा याः काश्चिद्देवयोषितः । याभिः परिवृता देवि यास्यसि त्वं महामखे

Transliteration

tasmādānīyatāṃ sarvā yāḥ kāściddevayoṣitaḥ | yābhiḥ parivṛtā devi yāsyasi tvaṃ mahāmakhe

Translation

เพราะฉะนั้น จงนำเหล่านางอัปสราแห่งเทวโลกมาทั้งหมดเถิด เมื่อมีนางเหล่านั้นรายล้อม โอ้เทวี พระองค์จักเสด็จไปสู่มหายัญอันยิ่งใหญ่

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे तस्मात्-रूपम्; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular) — ‘from that/therefore’ अर्थे हेतौ

• आनीयताम्: let (them) be brought
• आनीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु) + आ- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Passive) — ‘let (them) be brought’

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural) — विशेषणम्

• याः: who/which (fem. pl.)
• याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• काः: any (which)
• काः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — प्रश्न/अनिश्चितार्थे

• चित्: some/any (indefinite particle)
• चित्: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle) — अनिश्चितार्थकः ‘some/any’

• देवयोषितः: women of the gods; divine women
• देवयोषितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां योषितः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — ‘divine women’

• याभिः: by whom/with whom
• याभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन — सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• परिवृता: surrounded
• परिवृता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत् (धातु) + परि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘surrounded’

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन — संबोधनम्

• यास्यसि: you will go
• यास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘you will go’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — कर्तृपदम्

• महामखे: in the great sacrifice
• महामखे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (महान् मखः); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन — अधिकरणम्

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (typical frame; not explicit in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant goddess is prepared to proceed to a grand sacrifice, encircled by apsarases and devayoṣitas bearing garlands, lamps, and musical instruments; the yajña-vedi glows in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Sāvitrī
• Deva-yoṣitaḥ
• Mahāmakha (great yajña)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites are upheld through orderly conduct—honoring the देवी and the ceremony through proper, dignified participation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified here; the verse highlights yajña-related decorum within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A formal procession/escort to the mahā-yajña is suggested as appropriate ritual-social protocol.