Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

साहाय्यार्थं तदादेशो दीयतां प्रपितामह । येन कुर्मो वयं शीघ्रं नागराज्ये ह्यधिष्ठिताः

Transliteration

sāhāyyārthaṃ tadādeśo dīyatāṃ prapitāmaha | yena kurmo vayaṃ śīghraṃ nāgarājye hyadhiṣṭhitāḥ

Translation

اے پرپِتامہ! مدد کے لیے وہ حکم عطا فرمائیے جس کے ذریعے ہم ناگ راجیہ کی حاکمیت میں قائم رہ کر اپنا فرض جلد پورا کر سکیں۔

Word by Word

• साहाय्य: help, assistance
• साहाय्य: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहाय्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अर्थम्: for the purpose
• अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (purpose)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• आदेशः: command, instruction
• आदेशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• दीयताम्: let it be given
• दीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• प्रपितामह: O great-grandfather
• प्रपितामह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधनार्थे

• कुर्मः: we do / we shall do
• कुर्मः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नागराज्ये: in the kingdom of the Nāgas
• नागराज्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नागराज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), अवधारण/हेतु-भाव

• अधिष्ठिताः: established, installed
• अधिष्ठिताः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधि-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (वयम्)

Speaker

Nāgas (petitioning Brahmā), narrated by Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgatīrtha (implied)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council-like moment: Nāgas, dignified and alert, petition the Pitāmaha for a decisive command; the atmosphere is urgent, ritual-centric, and protective.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Nāgas
• Nāgarājya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right action is guided by right instruction; even rulers seek dharmic direction before acting, modeling disciplined governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request occurs within the Nāgatīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame, which glorifies the Nāga-associated tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a petition for guidance to render assistance, set within the tīrtha’s wider sacred narrative.