Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रुत्वा देवपूज्यस्य वचनं त्रिदशाधिपः । जगाम सत्वरं तत्र स यत्रास्ते हिमालयः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | tacchrutvā devapūjyasya vacanaṃ tridaśādhipaḥ | jagāma satvaraṃ tatra sa yatrāste himālayaḥ

Translation

Sūta nói: Nghe lời của bậc được chư thiên tôn kính, Chúa tể chư thiên (Indra) liền vội vã đi đến nơi dãy Hi-mã-lạp-sơn đang ngự trị.

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object of hearing/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyā (Gerundial subordinate action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• devapūjyasya: of the one revered by the gods
• devapūjyasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + pūjya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवैः पूज्यः)

• vacanam: speech, words
• vacanam: Karma (Object of hearing/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tridaśādhipaḥ: lord of the gods (Indra)
• tridaśādhipaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (त्रिदशानाम् अधिपः)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• satvaram: quickly, in haste
• satvaram: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb; accusative used adverbially)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Relative location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• āste: is situated, stays
• āste: Kriyā (Relative clause verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ās (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• himālayaḥ: Himalaya
• himālayaḥ: Karta (Subject of relative clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: himālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (हिमस्य आलयः)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Himālaya (as invoked agent for Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra’s Nāga-bila)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūta narrates as Indra, stirred by divine counsel, departs swiftly through the skies toward the towering Himalaya, whose peaks gleam with snow and ascetic presences.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Tridaśādhipa (Indra)
• Himālaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence for divine counsel and swift righteous action are praised as qualities even the king of gods must embody.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative moves toward the Himalaya and the Hāṭakeśvara/Nāga-bila sacred complex, linking mountains to tīrtha power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition describing Indra’s swift journey.