Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

तथाऽत्रैव सदा स्थेयं क्षेत्रे युष्माभिरेव हि । सांनिध्यं त्रिषु लोकेषु गन्तव्यं च यथा पुरा

Transliteration

tathā'traiva sadā stheyaṃ kṣetre yuṣmābhireva hi | sāṃnidhyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu gantavyaṃ ca yathā purā

Translation

“Gayundin, manatili kayo rito magpakailanman sa banal na kṣetra na ito. At gaya ng dati, maglakbay din kayo upang ipagkaloob ang inyong banal na pagdalo sa tatlong daigdig.”

Word by Word

• tathā: thus/so
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); प्रकारार्थक

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• stheyam: should be stayed/remained
• stheyam: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sthā (धातु) + ya (यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: ण्यत्/यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive: ‘to be stayed’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय

• kṣetre: in the sacred field/place
• kṣetre: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• yuṣmābhiḥ: by you (all)
• yuṣmābhiḥ: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: only/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• hi: for/indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये अव्यय (for/indeed)

• sāṃnidhyam: presence/nearby presence
• sāṃnidhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• triṣu: in the three
• triṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• lokeṣu: worlds
• lokeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), बहुवचन

• gantavyam: to be gone/should go
• gantavyam: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gam (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/just as)

• purā: formerly/before
• purā: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (formerly)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa instructs the Bhāskaras to remain forever in the kṣetra; behind them a small shrine or altar appears as the ‘seat’ of presence, while the sky shows their rays extending across the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣetra (sacred field)
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Tri-loka (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely symbolic; it is portrayed as a real seat of continuing divine presence (sānnidhya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A kṣetra within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya where Bhāskara is asked to remain permanently.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction establishing ongoing, localized divine residence—implying sustained worship at the kṣetra.