Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

प्रभावात्तव देवेश हताः सर्वेऽमरारयः । प्राप्तं त्रैलोक्यराज्यं च भूयो निहतकंटकम्

Transliteration

prabhāvāttava deveśa hatāḥ sarve'marārayaḥ | prāptaṃ trailokyarājyaṃ ca bhūyo nihatakaṃṭakam

Translation

“اے دیوتاؤں کے ایشور! تیری ہی تاثیر سے امرتوں کے سب دشمن مارے گئے؛ اور تینوں لوکوں کی بادشاہی پھر حاصل ہوئی، اب دوبارہ کانٹوں (رکاوٹوں) سے پاک ہے۔”

Word by Word

• prabhāvāt: because of (your) power
• prabhāvāt: Hetu (हेतु/ablative cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• deveśa: O Lord of gods
• deveśa: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• hatāḥ: slain
• hatāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/Result state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √han ‘हन्’ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• amara-arayaḥ: enemies of the gods
• amara-arayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक) + ari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (amarāṇām arayaḥ = ‘enemies of the immortals’)

• prāptam: has been regained/obtained
• prāptam: Kriyā (क्रिया/Result state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāpta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √āp ‘आप्’ (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); (rājyaṃ) prāptam = ‘has been obtained’

• trailokya-rājyam: the kingdom of the three worlds
• trailokya-rājyam: Karta/Karma (contextual; subject of ‘prāptam’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक) + rājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (trailokyasya rājyaṃ = ‘sovereignty of the three worlds’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• nihata-kaṃṭakam: free of obstacles (with enemies removed)
• nihata-kaṃṭakam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nihata (कृदन्त; √han ‘हन्’ (धातु) + ni- (उपसर्ग) + क्त) + kaṃṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (‘whose thorns/obstacles are destroyed’)

Speaker

Devas (led by Śakra), addressing Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, hands folded, praise Viṣṇu as the Lord whose power has slain the enemies of the immortals and restored the thornless sovereignty of the three worlds; Viṣṇu radiates tranquil authority.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (addressed as Deveśa)
• Amarāri (enemies of the devas)
• Trailokya (three worlds)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order is restored through divine prabhāva; the Lord removes the ‘thorns’ of adharma that injure the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified in this shloka; it is devotional praise within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the verse models stuti (praise) acknowledging divine agency.