Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अथोत्थाय जगन्नाथः प्रोवाच बलसूदनम् । कच्चित्क्षेमं सहस्राक्ष सांप्रतं भुवनत्रये । यत्त्वं देवगणैः सार्द्धं स्वयमेव इहागतः

Transliteration

athotthāya jagannāthaḥ provāca balasūdanam | kaccitkṣemaṃ sahasrākṣa sāṃprataṃ bhuvanatraye | yattvaṃ devagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ svayameva ihāgataḥ

Translation

แล้วพระผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งโลกทั้งปวงทรงลุกขึ้น ตรัสแก่พลสุทนะ (พระอินทร์) ว่า “โอ้สหัสรाक्षะ บัดนี้ไตรภพสวัสดีหรือไม่ ที่ท่านมาด้วยตนเองพร้อมหมู่เทพทั้งหลาย ณ ที่นี้?”

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Adhikarana (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक-निपात) = then/now

• utthāya: having risen
• utthāya: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-√sthā (स्था धातु) → utthāya (कृदन्त-क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) = having risen

• jagat-nāthaḥ: Jagannātha (Lord of the world)
• jagat-nāthaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः) = Lord of the world

• provāca: said
• provāca: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद = spoke/said

• bala-sūdanam: Bala-sūdana (slayer of Bala)
• bala-sūdanam: Karma (Addressee as object of speech)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक) + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (बलस्य सूदनः) = slayer of Bala (epithet)

• kaccit: is it (so)? / I hope
• kaccit: Prashna (Interrogative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kaccit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक-निपात) = whether?/surely? (interrogative particle)

• kṣemam: welfare
• kṣemam: Karma (Object of inquiry)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣema (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (प्रश्ने) = welfare/safety

• sahasra-akṣa: O Sahasrākṣa (Indra)
• sahasra-akṣa: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः = O thousand-eyed one (Indra)

• sāṃpratam: now
• sāṃpratam: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃpratam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = at present/now

• bhuvana-traye: in the three worlds
• bhuvana-traye: Adhikarana (Place/Domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhuvana (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक/संख्यावाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रीणि भुवनानि) = in the three worlds

• yat: since/that
• yat: Hetu (Reason marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्ध-निपात/यद्-शब्दः (relative particle) = since/that (introducing reason)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता = you

• deva-gaṇaiḥ: with the hosts of gods
• deva-gaṇaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देवानां गणैः) = with the groups of gods

• sārddham: together with
• sārddham: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārddham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-अर्थक) = together with

• svayam: yourself
• svayam: Karta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्वकर्तृवाचक) = oneself

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) = indeed/only

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = here

• āgataḥ: have come
• āgataḥ: Kriya (Predicative action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√gam (गम् धातु) → āgata (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle) प्रयुक्तः विधेयवत् = has come/arrived

Speaker

Viṣṇu (Jagannātha)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetadvīpa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu rises from Śeṣa-couch, radiance expanding; Indra (Balasūdana) stands with folded hands; devas behind him; the moment of divine audience and inquiry about the three worlds’ welfare.

Characters & Entities

• Jagannātha (Viṣṇu)
• Balasūdana (Indra)
• Sahasrākṣa
• Devas
• Three worlds

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Supreme Lord is attentive to cosmic order and receives the distressed with compassionate inquiry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śvetadvīpa is the sacred meeting-place where the devas approach Viṣṇu and receive his audience.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse frames a dhārmic dialogue of refuge and divine counsel.