Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अथ तस्य कुमा रस्य तदा तत्राभिषेचनम् । सेनापत्यं कृतं साक्षाद्देवानां शंभुना स्वयम्

Transliteration

atha tasya kumā rasya tadā tatrābhiṣecanam | senāpatyaṃ kṛtaṃ sākṣāddevānāṃ śaṃbhunā svayam

Translation

پھر وہیں اسی وقت اُس الٰہی شہزادے کا ابھیشیک ہوا؛ اور خود شَمبھو نے براہِ راست اُسے دیوتاؤں کی فوج کا سپہ سالار مقرر کیا۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक/आरम्भार्थक (indeclinable particle; then/now)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive); एकवचन (singular)

• कुमारस्य: of the prince/young god (Kumāra)
• कुमारस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive); एकवचन

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• अभिषेचनम्: consecration/anointing
• अभिषेचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/nom. or 2nd/acc.); एकवचन

• सेनापत्यम्: the office of commander-in-chief
• सेनापत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनापत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• कृतम्: was made/was appointed
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त; भूतकर्मणि/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (made/appointed)

• साक्षात्: directly/in person
• साक्षात्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साक्षात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययीभावार्थे/क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: directly, in person)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/genitive); बहुवचन

• शंभुना: by Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभुना: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/instrumental); एकवचन

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta (Emphatic agent/कर्ता-बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मकर्तृवाचक (indeclinable: oneself, personally)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māhātmya-style narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva (Śambhu) performs the consecration of the divine Kumāra in the presence of assembled gods; ritual vessels, sacred waters, and a radiant youthful warrior-god receiving command insignia.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda (Kumāra)
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Authority in dharma is portrayed as consecrated and divinely sanctioned—leadership is a sacred responsibility, not mere power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The consecration occurs “there” within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya setting; the verse does not specify the tīrtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka (consecratory anointing) is referenced as the rite marking Skanda’s installation.