Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

अस्मिंस्तुष्टिं गते सर्वे सुरा यास्यंति संमुदम् । पितरश्च तमायांति विमुखे संमुखे तथा

Transliteration

asmiṃstuṣṭiṃ gate sarve surā yāsyaṃti saṃmudam | pitaraśca tamāyāṃti vimukhe saṃmukhe tathā

Translation

เมื่อพระองค์ทรงพอพระทัย เทพทั้งปวงย่อมจากไปด้วยความชื่นบาน และเหล่าปิตฤก็เข้ามาหาพระองค์—จากที่เคยผินหน้า ก็กลับหันมาประจันหน้าอย่างเป็นมงคล

Word by Word

• asmin: in this (case/when this happens)
• asmin: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tuṣṭim: satisfaction, contentment
• tuṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tuṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• gate: when (it/one) has attained/gone to
• gate: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम्-धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) ‘gata’; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• surāḥ: gods
• surāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• yāsyanti: will go
• yāsyanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (या-धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• saṃmudam: to joy, to delight
• saṃmudam: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गत्यर्थक-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃmuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• pitaraḥ: the ancestors
• pitaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (and)

• tam: him/that one
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• āyānti: come
• āyānti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā√yā (या-धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• vimukhe: when (he is) turned away
• vimukhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (अधिकरणे)

• saṃmukhe: when (he is) facing (them)
• saṃmukhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃmukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; विशेषण (अधिकरणे)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise/so)

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva) (deduced from context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant deity, newly satisfied, sends waves of light; devas depart smiling upward, while translucent pitṛ figures turn from back-facing silhouettes to front-facing, approaching with uplifted hands.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pleasing the rightful recipient of worship brings harmony: devas rejoice and ancestors become favorably disposed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is thematic; the chapter later connects this satisfaction and merit to Atithi’s tīrtha in the Hāṭakeśvara area.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ensure the intended worship/honoring is done properly so that devas and Pitṛs are satisfied—especially relevant to śrāddha contexts.