Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ततो नागाः समागम्य वासुकिप्रमुखास्तदा । तुष्टुबुर्विविधैर्वाक्यैरूचुः सुहृदयं च ते

Transliteration

tato nāgāḥ samāgamya vāsukipramukhāstadā | tuṣṭuburvividhairvākyairūcuḥ suhṛdayaṃ ca te

Translation

随后，诸那伽以婆苏吉为首齐聚于彼处。众皆欢喜，以种种言辞赞颂苏赫利达耶，并以由衷善意与之相告。

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक)

• नागाः: Nāgas (serpents)
• नागाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• समागम्य: having come together
• समागम्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• वासुकिप्रमुखाः: with Vāsuki as their leader
• वासुकिप्रमुखाः: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासुकि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वासुकिः प्रमुखः येषाम्)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• तुष्टुबुः: praised
• तुष्टुबुः: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘वाक्यैः’ इति विशेषणम्

• वाक्यैः: by words; with statements
• वाक्यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Speech act)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सुहृदयम्: O kind-hearted one
• सुहृदयम्: Sambodhana/Āmantraṇa (Vocative sense)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; संबोधनार्थे/विशेष्य-रूपेण (addressing)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता) बहुवचन (or द्वितीया—context favors subject: ‘they said’); here: प्रथमा बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context: likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified assembly of nāgas with Vāsuki at the forefront, half-human half-serpent forms or serpent-hooded figures, approaching the hero with folded hands and praising him.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgāḥ
• Vāsuki
• Suhṛdaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharmic help offered to others brings gratitude and auspicious recognition from powerful beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative setup within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes praise and address by the Nāgas.