Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

सर्वेषामेव वर्णानामाश्रमाणां महामुने । सर्वासां प्रकृतीनां च विष्णुभक्तिः सदा शुभा

Transliteration

sarveṣāmeva varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ mahāmune | sarvāsāṃ prakṛtīnāṃ ca viṣṇubhaktiḥ sadā śubhā

Translation

大牟尼啊，对一切种姓与一切住期（āśrama）——以及一切性情——对毗湿奴的虔敬（bhakti）恒为吉祥。

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• varṇānām: of the social classes
• varṇānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• āśramāṇām: of the life-stages
• āśramāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• mahāmune: O great sage
• mahāmune: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् मुनिः)

• sarvāsām: of all
• sarvāsām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• prakṛtīnām: of the natures/constitutions
• prakṛtīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• viṣṇubhaktiḥ: devotion to Viṣṇu
• viṣṇubhaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विष्णोः भक्तिः)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• śubhā: auspicious
• śubhā: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying bhaktiḥ)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic moment in a sacred setting: the speaker affirms that devotion to Viṣṇu is auspicious for every varṇa and āśrama, suggesting a gathering of diverse pilgrims listening with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• varṇa
• āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti transcends social and life-stage distinctions; devotion to Viṣṇu is upheld as universally auspicious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is devotional: cultivate viṣṇu-bhakti as an ever-auspicious practice for all.