Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

मत्तवारणकोपेतैर्बहुभिर्भूभिरेव च । संपूर्णं सत्यकामाद्यैः साधुलोकप्रशंसितैः

Transliteration

mattavāraṇakopetairbahubhirbhūbhireva ca | saṃpūrṇaṃ satyakāmādyaiḥ sādhulokapraśaṃsitaiḥ

Translation

وہ شہر مست ہاتھیوں کے ساتھ بہت سے بادشاہوں سے بھرا ہوا تھا، اور ستیہ کاما وغیرہ جیسے حکمرانوں سے کامل—اہلِ صلاح و تقویٰ کی جماعت کے نزدیک قابلِ ستائش تھا۔

Word by Word

• मत्तवारणकोपेतैः: accompanied by intoxicated elephants
• मत्तवारणकोपेतैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्त + वारण + उपेत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (उपेत); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘मत्त-वारणैः उपेतैः’ इति; विशेषणम् (भूभिः)

• बहुभिः: by many
• बहुभिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (भूभिः)

• भूभिः: by kings, rulers
• भूभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूभृत्/भूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• संपूर्णम्: filled, complete
• संपूर्णम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (नगरम्/स्थानम् implied)

• सत्यकामाद्यैः: with Satyakāma and others
• सत्यकामाद्यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यकाम + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘सत्यकाम-आदि’ (Satyakāma and others) समूहः; Instrumental plural

• साधुलोकप्रशंसितैः: praised by the community of the virtuous
• साधुलोकप्रशंसितैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधु + लोक + प्रशंसित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘साधु-लोकैः प्रशंसितैः’ इति; विशेषणम् (सत्यकामाद्यैः)

Speaker

Narrator (deduced: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand assembly: multiple kings with attendants, rutting elephants with musth flowing, standards raised; sages and righteous townsfolk look on approvingly, indicating dharmic acclaim.

Characters & Entities

• Satyakāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place prospers when rulers uphold dharma and earn the praise of the righteous.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A dharma-centered pilgrimage-city in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact tīrtha is not named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is taught; the verse highlights dhārmic kingship and communal approval by sādhus.