Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

शिलागतं च देवेशं तुलस्या भक्ति तत्पराः । पूजयिष्यंति मनुजास्तेषां मुक्तिर्न दूरतः

Transliteration

śilāgataṃ ca deveśaṃ tulasyā bhakti tatparāḥ | pūjayiṣyaṃti manujāsteṣāṃ muktirna dūrataḥ

Translation

الرجال والنساء المخلصون في البهاكتي، الذين سيعبدون ربَّ الآلهة المتجلّي في الحجر مع التولسي؛ فالموكشا لهم ليست ببعيدة.

Word by Word

• śilā-gatam: manifest in stone
• śilā-gatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त; √gam धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (śilāyāṃ gataḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• deveśam: Lord of gods
• deveśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• tulasyāḥ: of Tulasī
• tulasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tulasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• bhakti: devotion
• bhakti: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• tat-parāḥ: intent on that/devoted
• tat-parāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (tasmin parāḥ = devoted to that)

• pūjayiṣyanti: will worship
• pūjayiṣyanti: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु, णिच् causative)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; णिजन्त

• manujāḥ: men/people
• manujāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• muktiḥ: liberation
• muktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• dūrataḥ: from afar/far away
• dūrataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūratas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place/distance)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śālagrāma

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees offer tulasī sprigs to a Śālagrāma-śilā; tulasī plant stands nearby in a pot; the atmosphere is pure and liberating, with a subtle upward light suggesting mokṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśa (Viṣṇu)
• Tulasī
• Śālagrāma (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple devotional offerings—especially Tulasī—when united with sincere worship lead swiftly toward liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śālagrāma milieu associated with Gaṇḍakī is the implied sacred setting for this Vaiṣṇava practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the stone-manifest Lord (Śālagrāma/Viṣṇu) specifically with Tulasī leaves.