Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

मया तस्य तदा दत्तं लंकायां राज्यमक्षयम् । बहुभक्तिप्रतुष्टेन यावच्चन्द्रार्कतारकाः

Transliteration

mayā tasya tadā dattaṃ laṃkāyāṃ rājyamakṣayam | bahubhaktipratuṣṭena yāvaccandrārkatārakāḥ

Translation

اس وقت میں نے اسے لنکا میں لازوال بادشاہت عطا کی تھی؛ اس کی کثیر بھکتی سے نہایت خوش ہو کر—جب تک چاند، سورج اور تارے قائم رہیں۔

Word by Word

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• tasya: to him / of him
• tasya: Sampradāna/Sambandha (to him/of him)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• dattam: given
• dattam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धातु) + kta (क्त) → datta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; rājyam इति विशेषण (given)

• laṃkāyām: in Laṅkā
• laṃkāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laṃkā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन

• rājyam: kingdom
• rājyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; दत्तम् इति सह कर्मरूपेण

• akṣayam: imperishable
• akṣayam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नञ्-तत्पुरुषार्थक (negation prefix); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; rājyam इति विशेषण

• bahu-bhakti-pratuṣṭena: being greatly pleased by devotion
• bahu-bhakti-pratuṣṭena: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + pra + tuṣ (धातु) + kta (क्त) → pratuṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: समास: बहु-भक्ति-प्रतुष्ट (बह्वी भक्तिः यस्य/बहुभक्त्या प्रतुष्टः इत्यर्थे); तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सामान्यरूप; ‘(मया) … (तेन) बहुभक्तिप्रतुष्टेन’—हेतौ/साधने

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Avadhi (Limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक-अव्यय (as long as)

• candra-arka-tārakāḥ: the moon, sun, and stars
• candra-arka-tārakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candra (प्रातिपदिक) + arka (प्रातिपदिक) + tārakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/इतरेतर: चन्द्रः च अर्कः च तारकाः च); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (तारका-प्रधान), प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Rāma (implied by first-person ‘mayā’ within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Laṅkā (as dhārmic rājyakṣetra under Vibhīṣaṇa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) māhātmya listener

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma declares the grant of imperishable kingship to Vibhīṣaṇa; imagery of coronation/boon with celestial witnesses (sun, moon, stars as symbolic backdrop).

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Laṅkā
• Moon
• Sun
• Stars

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion aligned with dharma is honored and protected; righteous leadership is presented as a divine trust.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Laṅkā is mentioned as a realm, but this śloka itself does not praise a particular tīrtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the focus is on dharmic reward and kingship.