Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

स्वर्णभद्रासनेष्वेते ह्युपविष्टा व्यलोकयन् । शृंगाणां वादनं चक्रुर्वसवः समहोरगाः

Transliteration

svarṇabhadrāsaneṣvete hyupaviṣṭā vyalokayan | śṛṃgāṇāṃ vādanaṃ cakrurvasavaḥ samahoragāḥ

Translation

เหล่าเทพประทับนั่งบนอาสนะทองอันเป็นมงคลแล้วทอดพระเนตรอยู่; ส่วนเหล่าวสุพร้อมด้วยนาคใหญ่ทั้งหลายก็เป่าสังข์และแตรให้ก้องกังวาน

Word by Word

• स्वर्णभद्रासनेषु: on golden auspicious seats
• स्वर्णभद्रासनेषु: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्णभद्र + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: स्वर्णभद्रं आसनम्

• एते: these (ones)
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• उपविष्टाः: seated
• उपविष्टाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + विश् (धातु) → उपविष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• व्यलोकयन्: looked / observed
• व्यलोकयन्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लोक् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• शृङ्गाणाम्: of horns
• शृङ्गाणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वादनम्: playing / sounding
• वादनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चक्रुः: did / performed
• चक्रुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• वसवः: the Vasus
• वसवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• समहोरगाः: together with the serpents
• समहोरगाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम + अहोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/सह-समासार्थ: अहोरगैः सह (with serpents)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial amphitheatre: Vasus and great Nāgas seated on golden auspicious thrones, watching a sacred spectacle while blowing curved horns; shimmering gold, jeweled canopies, and a crowd of divine beings in orderly tiers.

Characters & Entities

• Vasus
• Mahoragas (Nāgas)
• Horns (Śṛṅga)
• Golden seats (Svarṇabhadrāsana)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred celebration includes reverent witnessing and active offering—both attentive presence and musical service are forms of bhakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s frame is tīrtha-māhātmya, but this verse highlights the divine assembly and its instruments rather than a named location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Horn-sounding (śṛṅga-vādana) appears as a ceremonial accompaniment within the worship festivities.