Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

ततः शक्रादयो देवाः सहायार्थं निमंत्रिताः । दक्षेण मुनयश्चैव तथा राजर्षयोऽमलाः

Transliteration

tataḥ śakrādayo devāḥ sahāyārthaṃ nimaṃtritāḥ | dakṣeṇa munayaścaiva tathā rājarṣayo'malāḥ

Translation

پھر شکر (اِندر) اور دیگر دیوتاؤں کو مدد کے لیے بلایا گیا؛ اور دکش نے مُنیوں کو بھی، نیز بے داغ راجرشیوں کو بھی طلب کیا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa/कालाधिकरण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (ablatival adverb)

• शक्रादयः: Indra and others
• शक्रादयः: Karta/कर्ता (with देवाः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘शक्रः आदिः येषाम् ते’ (आदिशब्द-समास)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta/कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सहायार्थम्: for assistance
• सहायार्थम्: Prayojana/प्रयोजन (purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

• निमंत्रिताः: were invited
• निमंत्रिताः: Karta/कर्ता (state of being invited)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• दक्षेण: by Dakṣa
• दक्षेण: Karana/करण (agent/instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• मुनयः: sages
• मुनयः: Karta/कर्ता (also invited)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya/समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed, also
• एव: Avadhāraṇa/अवधारण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya/समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• राजर्षयः: royal sages
• राजर्षयः: Karta/कर्ता (also invited)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘राज्ञः ऋषयः’

• अमलाः: pure, spotless
• अमलाः: Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘राजर्षयः’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand invitation scene: Indra and devas arrive with radiance; sages with matted hair and rājārṣis in royal attire enter the yajña enclosure, forming a multi-tiered sacred assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Dakṣa
• Devas
• Munis
• Rājarṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred rites (yajña) are upheld through collective dharmic cooperation—devas, sages, and righteous rulers support a consecrated undertaking.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as narrative setup within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it describes the formal invitation of divine and sage participants to support a yajña.