Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एवं यावत्स ईशानः समाराधयति प्रभुः । तावद्देवी समायाता मन्त्राकृष्टा च यत्र सः

Transliteration

evaṃ yāvatsa īśānaḥ samārādhayati prabhuḥ | tāvaddevī samāyātā mantrākṛṣṭā ca yatra saḥ

Translation

وبينما كان الربّ إيشانا (Īśāna) يواصل عبادته على ذلك النحو، جاءت الديفي إلى الموضع الذي كان فيه—مستجلبةً بقوة المانترا.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• यावत्: as long as, until
• यावत्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/परिमाणवाचक (correlative: as long as / until)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• ईशानः: Īśāna (a name of Śiva)
• ईशानः: Karta (Subject - appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेष्य (apposition to सः)

• समाराधयति: worships, propitiates
• समाराधयति: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+राध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); परस्मैपद; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन

• प्रभुः: the Lord
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject - appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेष्य (apposition)

• तावत्: then, for that long
• तावत्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal correlate)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तावत्-तावत् सहसंबन्ध (correlative: then/so long)

• देवी: the Goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• समायाता: having come, arrived
• समायाता: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+या (धातु) → समायात (कृदन्त-भूतकृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (as predicate adjective)

• मन्त्राकृष्टा: drawn by a mantra
• मन्त्राकृष्टा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आकृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (instrumental sense: मन्त्रेण आकृष्टा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; देवी-विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Locative/relative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक (relative adverb: where)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśāna absorbed in worship; the air thick with mantra-vibration; Devī arrives to the very spot as if drawn along an unseen current of sound.

Characters & Entities

• Īśāna (Śiva)
• Devī
• mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady worship makes the divine presence manifest; mantra and devotion are portrayed as spiritually efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to a tīrtha-glorification setting, but this verse emphasizes the immediacy of divine arrival rather than identifying the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Samārādhana (sustained propitiatory worship) and mantra-practice, presented as capable of invoking divine presence.