Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

चकार शयनं तत्र श्वेतद्वीपे यथा पुरा । स्तूयमानः सुरैः सर्वैः समंताद्विनयान्वितैः

Transliteration

cakāra śayanaṃ tatra śvetadvīpe yathā purā | stūyamānaḥ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ samaṃtādvinayānvitaiḥ

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น พระองค์ทรงจัดที่บรรทมไว้ ดุจดังครั้งก่อนในเศวตทวีป; และเหล่าเทวะทั้งปวง ผู้มีความนอบน้อมรอบด้าน ต่างสรรเสริญพระองค์

Word by Word

• चकार: made, performed
• चकार: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शयनम्: a bed, resting-place
• शयनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there)

• श्वेतद्वीपे: in Śvetadvīpa (the White Island)
• श्वेतद्वीपे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत+द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (श्वेतः द्वीपः)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/रीतिवाचक (indeclinable: as, just as)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: formerly)

• स्तूयमानः: being praised
• स्तूयमानः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु) → स्तूयमान (कृदन्त/शानच्)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शानच् (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of the subject)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Karana-viśeṣaṇa (करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘सुरैः’)

• समन्तात्: from all sides
• समन्तात्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; दिशावाचक/परितोऽर्थक (adverb: from all sides)

• विनय-अन्वितैः: endowed with humility
• विनय-अन्वितैः: Karana-viśeṣaṇa (करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय+अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपदसमासार्थः (विनयेन अन्विताः) विशेषणम् (of ‘सुरैः’)

Speaker

Narrative voice (Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetadvīpa-sadṛśa Jalaśāyī-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu reclines upon Ananta in milky waters within the lake; devas encircle the scene in the sky, hands folded, singing hymns with gentle humility.

Characters & Entities

• Śvetadvīpa
• Sura (gods)
• Vāsudeva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humility and praise before the Divine are themselves purifying; the sacred site becomes a reflection of higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The local tīrtha is exalted by being likened to Śvetadvīpa through the Lord’s śayana (repose).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is stated; the practice implied is stuti—devotional praise offered by the devas.