Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

तत्र गत्वा चिरात्प्राप्य स्वं राज्यं पाकशासनः । पालयामास संहृष्टस्त्रैलोक्यं हतकटकम्

Transliteration

tatra gatvā cirātprāpya svaṃ rājyaṃ pākaśāsanaḥ | pālayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭastrailokyaṃ hatakaṭakam

Translation

وہاں جا کر اور بہت مدت کے بعد اپنی سلطنت دوبارہ پا کر، پاک شاسن (اندرا) خوشی سے تینوں لوکوں پر حکومت کرنے لگا؛ مخالف لشکر تباہ ہو چکے تھے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — having gone

• चिरात्: after a long time
• चिरात्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal setting/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — indeclinable adverb ‘after a long time’

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — having obtained/reached

• स्वम्: own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular; possessive adjective ‘own’

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular

• पाकशासनः: Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• पाकशासनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक-शासन (प्रातिपदिक; पाक + शासन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular; इन्द्रस्य नाम (Indra)

• पालयामास: ruled / protected
• पालयामास: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (धातु) → पालयामास
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रास/आम-प्रयोगः), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — periphrastic perfect, 3rd person singular, active

• संहृष्टः: delighted
• संहृष्टः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-हृष् (धातु) → संहृष्ट (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — past participle used adjectivally ‘delighted’

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि-लोक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि + लोक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — neuter accusative singular; ‘the three worlds’

• हतकटकम्: with the armies destroyed
• हतकटकम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत-कटक (प्रातिपदिक; हत + कटक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — neuter accusative singular; विशेषणम् (qualifier) of त्रैलोक्यम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānarta-kṣetra Devi-sthāna (name implicit in this passage)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Pākaśāsana) returns to his throne after visiting the sacred site; defeated enemy hosts lie scattered; the three worlds regain calm under his joyful rule.

Characters & Entities

• Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and divine refuge restore order: dharmic sovereignty returns when supported by sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

“There” refers to the previously described Devī-associated sacred locale within this Adhyāya’s Tīrthamāhātmya sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it concludes a results-focused narrative showing the fruit of approaching the sacred place/power.