Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

भूतसर्गस्य गोप्ताऽसौ हरिस्तस्य प्रसीदति

Transliteration

bhūtasargasya goptā'sau haristasya prasīdati

Translation

พระหริ ผู้พิทักษ์การอุบัติแห่งสรรพสัตว์ ย่อมทรงเมตตาโปรดปรานต่อผู้นั้น

Word by Word

• भूतसर्गस्य: of the creation of beings
• भूतसर्गस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक) = भूत + सर्ग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (भूतानां सर्गः)

• गोप्ता: protector
• गोप्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोप्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• असौ: that (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• हरिः: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• प्रसीदति: is pleased; shows favor
• प्रसीदति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√सद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (in Brahma–Nārada dialogue; implied by section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari appears as the cosmic preserver—standing or reclining on Śeṣa—extending a hand of blessing toward a devotee who has heard/recited the teaching.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Creation of beings (bhūtasarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest fruit of practice is divine grace—Hari is pleased with sincere devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This concluding assurance is situated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya setting of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is introduced here; it seals the prior prescriptions (worship/recitation) with the promise of Hari’s favor.