Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

स्तोत्रैर्बहुविधैः स्तुत्वा प्रोचुस्तस्मिन्हते सति । गताश्च त्रिदिवं तूर्णं सह शक्रेण निर्भयाः

Transliteration

stotrairbahuvidhaiḥ stutvā procustasminhate sati | gatāśca tridivaṃ tūrṇaṃ saha śakreṇa nirbhayāḥ

Translation

انہوں نے طرح طرح کے ستوتروں سے اس کی حمد کی؛ پھر جب وہ دشمن مارا گیا تو انہوں نے کلام کیا، اور بے خوف ہو کر شکر (اندرا) کے ساتھ فوراً تری دیو (سورگ) کو روانہ ہو گئے۔

Word by Word

• स्तोत्रैः: with hymns
• स्तोत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (by/with hymns)

• बहुविधैः: of many kinds
• बहुविधैः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहुविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural qualifying स्तोत्रैः

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); having praised

• प्रोचुः: they said
• प्रोचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Perfect, 3rd plural

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/person)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (in/when that)

• हते: when (he) was slain
• हते: Adhikarana (Locative circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; Locative singular agreeing with तस्मिन्

• सति: being (so)
• सति: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: सत्-प्रत्यय (present participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; locative absolute marker

• गताः: (they) went
• गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; used predicatively

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• त्रिदिवम्: to heaven
• त्रिदिवम्: Karma (Object/Goal/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular (destination)

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

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (postposition/adverb) governing तृतीया

• शक्रेण: with Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (with Indra)

• निर्भयाः: fearless
• निर्भयाः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Predicate adjective qualifying (they)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from the narration; explicit from v.23 onward)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and sages, hands folded, sing many hymns; the slain foe lies subdued; Indra (Śakra) leads the radiant ascent to svarga as fear dissolves.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gratitude and stuti follow the removal of fear; praise of the divine protector is itself a dharmic response to deliverance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the broader Camatkārapura-region māhātmya by narrating the aftermath of the divine victory.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stotra (hymnic praise) is exemplified as a devotional act, though no formal rite (vrata/dāna/snana) is prescribed here.