Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

नीले च पूजिते यस्मिन्पूजितं सकलं जगत् । स्निग्धग्रासप्रदानेन जगदाप्यायितं भवेत्

Transliteration

nīle ca pūjite yasminpūjitaṃ sakalaṃ jagat | snigdhagrāsapradānena jagadāpyāyitaṃ bhavet

Translation

إذا عُبِدَ نِيلا فكأنما عُبِدَ العالم كلّه. وبإهداء لُقَمٍ مُغذّيةٍ دَسِمة، يصير المرء سببًا لانتعاش الدنيا ورفاهها.

Word by Word

• nīle: in/when (the) Nīla (one)
• nīle: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in/when Nīla is worshipped)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pūjite: when (it/he) is worshipped
• pūjite: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) सप्तमी, एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सम्भव; लोकेटिव-अब्सोल्यूट (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)

• yasmin: in whom/wherein
• yasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• pūjitam: is worshipped
• pūjitam: Kriyā (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• sakalam: entire
• sakalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• snigdha-grāsa-pradānena: by the giving of unctuous morsels
• snigdha-grāsa-pradānena: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snigdha (प्रातिपदिक) + grāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (snigdha-grāsaḥ pradīyate yena / snigdhasya grāsasya pradānam)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• āpyāyitam: is nourished/satisfied
• āpyāyitam: Kriyā (Predicate/State)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√pyā (धातु) + ita (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice not explicit in the snippet (context: Tīrthamāhātmya narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nīla-kṣetra / Nīleśvara (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/pilgrims (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship Nīla-Śiva; alongside, attendants distribute warm, ghee-scented morsels to pilgrims and ascetics, symbolizing the world being ‘refreshed’.

Characters & Entities

• Nīla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship at a sanctified locus (Nīla) and compassionate food-giving are treated as world-embracing acts of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred Nīla-associated tīrtha or shrine (named simply as “Nīla” in the verse) within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snigdha-grāsa-pradāna—offering nourishing, unctuous morsels of food (a form of annadāna).