Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवानुवाच । कच्चित्क्षेमं मुनिश्रेष्ठ सर्वेषां त्रिदिवौकसाम् । कच्चिन्नेंद्रस्य संजातं भयं दानवसंभवम्

Transliteration

śrībhagavānuvāca | kaccitkṣemaṃ muniśreṣṭha sarveṣāṃ tridivaukasām | kaccinneṃdrasya saṃjātaṃ bhayaṃ dānavasaṃbhavam

Translation

世尊说道：“贤圣之最啊，天界诸住者皆安泰否？因达那婆之故，因陀罗可曾生起恐惧？”

Word by Word

• śrī: holy, venerable
• śrī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषण (honorific epithet)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• kaccit: whether, I hope
• kaccit: Sambandha/Prayojaka (Interrogative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kaccit (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय/particle (interrogative)

• kṣemam: welfare, safety
• kṣemam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣema (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-एकवचन

• muniśreṣṭha: O best of sages
• muniśreṣṭha: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (munīnām śreṣṭhaḥ)

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन; सर्व-शब्द

• tridivaukasām: of the dwellers in heaven (gods)
• tridivaukasām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridiva (प्रातिपदिक) + okas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tridive okasām ye te)

• kaccit: whether, I hope
• kaccit: Sambandha/Prayojaka (Interrogative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kaccit (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय/particle (interrogative)

• na: not
• na: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• indrasya: of Indra
• indrasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-एकवचन

• saṃjātam: arisen, produced
• saṃjātam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-jan (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन; ‘उत्पन्न’

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन

• dānavasaṃbhavam: arising from the Dānavas
• dānavasaṃbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dānavānāṃ saṃbhavaḥ)

Speaker

Bhagavān (Viṣṇu/Keśava)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muniśreṣṭha (a foremost sage; contextually Nārada as interlocutor in adjacent verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhagavān, serene yet alert, questions a foremost sage about the welfare of the devas and whether Indra faces daṇava-born fear; a celestial court ambience implied.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)
• Indra
• Daṇavas
• Heaven-dwellers (Tridivaukas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord safeguards cosmic harmony, inquiring into the welfare of the devas and the threats posed by adharmic forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this line; it is part of the chapter’s narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a dialogue about cosmic welfare and danger.