Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

ओषधीनां यथा सस्यं नगानां हेमपर्वतः । तथा त्वं सर्वदेवानामाधिपत्ये व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

oṣadhīnāṃ yathā sasyaṃ nagānāṃ hemaparvataḥ | tathā tvaṃ sarvadevānāmādhipatye vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

Như lúa thóc đứng đầu trong các loài thảo mộc, và núi vàng đứng đầu giữa các núi, cũng vậy, Ngài được an lập trong quyền tối thượng trên hết thảy chư thiên.

Word by Word

• oṣadhīnām: of herbs/medicinal plants
• oṣadhīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: oṣadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• yathā: as, just as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparative marker/उपमान-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक/तुलनार्थक (comparative particle: 'as')

• sasyam: grain/crop
• sasyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sasya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• nagānām: of mountains
• nagānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• hemaparvataḥ: the Golden Mountain (Meru)
• hemaparvataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hema (प्रातिपदिक) + parvata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (hemasya parvataḥ)

• tathā: so, likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Correlative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तद्वत्/एवम् (correlative: 'so, likewise')

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sarvadevānām: of all the gods
• sarvadevānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (sarve devāḥ)

• ādhipatye: in sovereignty/lordship
• ādhipatye: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhipatya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vyavasthitaḥ: established, firmly situated
• vyavasthitaḥ: Karta (Predicative to subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + ava + √sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (to tvam)

Speaker

Devāḥ (the gods)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (sarvadevādhīśa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A courtly stuti scene: devas or sages praising the bull-bannered Lord, with emblematic comparisons (grain among herbs; golden mountain among mountains) visualized as symbolic vignettes around the central deity.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Hemaparvata (golden mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The hymn uses ‘best-in-class’ analogies to affirm Śiva’s unmatched supremacy, preparing the listener for teachings on tīrtha merit and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identified in this verse; it remains part of the introductory stuti within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is purely laudatory.