Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यद्येवं देवदेवेश भविष्य त्यशुभं युगम् । वयं नाशं समेष्यामो न स्थास्यामो जगत्त्रये

Transliteration

yadyevaṃ devadeveśa bhaviṣya tyaśubhaṃ yugam | vayaṃ nāśaṃ sameṣyāmo na sthāsyāmo jagattraye

Translation

若果真如此，噢诸天之主，将有不祥之劫世来临；我们必遭毁灭，不能再安住于三界之中。

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle: 'if')

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/so')

• देवदेवेश: O Lord of gods
• देवदेवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः, तस्य ईशः = 'Lord of the god of gods'/ 'Lord of gods'); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अशुभम्: inauspicious
• अशुभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (युगम्)

• युगम्: an age
• युगम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; उत्तमपुरुषार्थे (1st person pronoun)

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; कर्म

• समेष्यामः: we shall reach/meet (with)
• समेष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• स्थास्यामः: we shall remain/stand
• स्थास्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• जगत्त्रये: in the three worlds
• जगत्त्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (त्रयाणि जगन्ति = 'three worlds'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; अधिकरण

Speaker

Devas/Tīrthas addressing Indra (as Devadeveśa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The assembly pleads before Indra: figures with raised hands, worried faces; behind them, a symbolic vision of the three worlds trembling under a darkening yuga-cloud.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma rises, even sacred powers seek shelter; preservation of dharma requires divine and disciplined support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse expresses a collective crisis that motivates the later naming of a refuge-site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse is a plea for protection and stability.