Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

यथा त्रैलोक्यराज्यं स्वं प्रकरोति शतक्रतुः । त्वया स्वयं प्रसादेन तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम्

Transliteration

yathā trailokyarājyaṃ svaṃ prakaroti śatakratuḥ | tvayā svayaṃ prasādena tathā nītirvidhīyatām

Translation

ดุจดังศตกรตุ (อินทรา) ได้คืนและสถาปนาอธิปไตยของตนเหนือไตรโลก ฉันใด ก็ขอให้ด้วยพระกรุณาโดยตรงของท่าน จงบัญญัติแนวทางอันถูกต้องตามธรรม ฉันนั้น

Word by Word

• yathā: just as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative link)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकार-अव्यय (as/just as)

• trailokya-rājyam: the sovereignty of the three worlds
• trailokya-rājyam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: त्रैलोक्यस्य राज्यं), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• svam: his own
• svam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of rājyaṃ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; स्वकीयत्व-वाचक विशेषणम्

• prakaroti: makes/establishes
• prakaroti: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• śatakratuḥ: Śatakratu (Indra)
• śatakratuḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatakratu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (इन्द्रस्य नाम)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• svayam: yourself
• svayam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थ-अव्यय (reflexive adverb: oneself)

• prasādena: by (your) grace/favor
• prasādena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tathā: so/thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (so/in that manner)

• nītiḥ: policy/right course
• nītiḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• vidhīyatām: let it be ordained/arranged
• vidhīyatām: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-dhā (धा धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आज्ञार्थे (let it be arranged)

Speaker

The assembled Devas (addressing Gautama Ṛṣi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas petition a great sage: Indra’s kingship over the three worlds is invoked as a model; the sage’s calm authority is central, suggesting dharmic governance through spiritual sanction.

Characters & Entities

• Śatakratu (Indra)
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine authority is stabilized through dharmic order and the grace of realized sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the immediate snippet emphasizes the sanctifying authority of the tīrtha-linked sage (Gautama) rather than naming a site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed here; it is a petition for right ordinance (nīti) through a sage’s grace.