Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एतच्छक्रपरित्यक्तं त्रैलोक्यमपि चाखिलम् । पीड्यते दानवैर्विप्र नष्टयज्ञोत्सवक्रियम्

Transliteration

etacchakraparityaktaṃ trailokyamapi cākhilam | pīḍyate dānavairvipra naṣṭayajñotsavakriyam

Translation

“اے وِپر (برہمن)! یہ سارا تری لوک، جسے شکرہ (اِندر) نے ترک کر دیا ہے، دانَووں کے ہاتھوں ستایا جا رہا ہے، اور یَجْن اور اُتسو کے اعمال مٹ گئے ہیں۔”

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śakra-parityaktam: abandoned by Śakra (Indra)
• śakra-parityaktam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + parityakta (tyaj धातु + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śakreṇa parityaktam)

• trailokyam: the three worlds
• trailokyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रयः लोकाः)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• akhilam: entire, whole
• akhilam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• pīḍyate: is afflicted, is oppressed
• pīḍyate: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pīḍ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• dānavaiḥ: by the Dānavas (demons)
• dānavaiḥ: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• vipra: O brāhmaṇa
• vipra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• naṣṭa-yajña-utsava-kriyam: whose sacrificial-festival rites are ruined
• naṣṭa-yajña-utsava-kriyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (naś धातु + क्त) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + utsava (प्रातिपदिक) + kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (yajñotsavakriyā yasyā naṣṭā/naṣṭāḥ)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati (addressing Gautama, by context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati warns Gautama: with Indra absent, the three worlds are harried by Dānavas; sacrificial festivals lie in ruin—an urgent plea for intervention.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhaspati
• Gautama (vipra)
• Śakra (Indra)
• Dānava
• Trailokya
• Yajña
• Utsava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharmic order collapses, sacred rites (yajña, utsava) decline; restoring leadership and righteousness restores the world’s spiritual rhythm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse centers on Gautama’s presence as a sanctifying authority; explicit tīrtha identification is not stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yajña and utsava-kriyā are referenced as disrupted; the implied prescription is their restoration through dharmic reconciliation.