Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तथा शम्भुश्च शक्रश्च वासुदेवस्तथैव च । ये चान्ये विबुधास्तत्र संस्थिता यज्ञमंडपे

Transliteration

tathā śambhuśca śakraśca vāsudevastathaiva ca | ye cānye vibudhāstatra saṃsthitā yajñamaṃḍape

Translation

وہاں یَجْن کے منڈپ میں شَمبھو (شیو)، شَکر (اِندر) اور واسودیو بھی موجود تھے، اور دیگر بہت سے دیوتا بھی وہیں کھڑے تھے۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; also
• तथा: Sambandha (connective/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable; ‘thus/also’)

• शम्भुः: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• वासुदेवः: Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
• वासुदेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (connective/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थे (indeclinable)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• अन्ये: other
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (विशेषण)

• विबुधाः: gods; wise beings
• विबुधाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विबुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• संस्थिताः: standing; present
• संस्थिताः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; ‘स्थित’ (having stood/being present)

• यज्ञमण्डपे: in the sacrificial pavilion
• यज्ञमण्डपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यज्ञस्य मण्डपः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not present in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous yajña-maṇḍapa with blazing āhavanīya fire; Śiva (Śambhu) serene with matted locks and crescent moon, Indra (Śakra) with vajra and regal ornaments, and Vāsudeva with conch-disc-mace-lotus, all standing as witnesses among other devas and ṛṣis.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vāsudeva
• vibudhāḥ
• yajñamaṇḍapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas portray yajña as a cosmic gathering where devas witness and uphold (or withdraw from) dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse lists divine attendees at the yajña.