Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

देवाश्च भय संविग्ना ब्रह्माणं शरणं ययुः । ते स्तुत्वा पितरं नत्वा वृहस्पतिपुरःसराः

Transliteration

devāśca bhaya saṃvignā brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ | te stutvā pitaraṃ natvā vṛhaspatipuraḥsarāḥ

Translation

诸天因恐惧而战栗，遂前往梵天处求庇护。由布里哈斯帕提领前，他们赞颂其父，并俯首礼拜。

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• भय: with fear / out of fear
• भय: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental) एकवचन (भयेन इत्यर्थे; छन्दोऽनुसारं रूप-लोपः)

• संविग्नाः: agitated, distressed
• संविग्नाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं + विग्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) √विज्/√विग् (to be agitated)

• ब्रह्माणम्: Brahmā
• ब्रह्माणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शरणम्: as refuge
• शरणम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः द्वितीया (goal)

• ययुः: went
• ययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having praised)

• पितरम्: the Father (Brahmā)
• पितरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नत्वा: having bowed
• नत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having bowed)

• वृहस्पतिपुरःसराः: with Bṛhaspati in front / led by Bṛhaspati
• वृहस्पतिपुरःसराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृहस्पति + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ते/देवाः इति विशेषण

Speaker

Gālava

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of anxious devas, led by Bṛhaspati, enters Brahmā’s luminous court; they bow and praise, hands folded, faces tense with fear.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Brahmā
• Bṛhaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In crisis, the dhārmic path is to seek refuge in higher wisdom and approach the divine with humility and praise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as the opening of the Paijavana-upākhyāna within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An attitude-practice is implied: stuti (praise) and namaskāra (bowing) to Brahmā as refuge.