Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एवं स्तुत्वा समादाय तोयं हेमाकृतिं नृप । वासुदेवं हृदि स्थाप्य मंत्रेणानेन कल्पयेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ stutvā samādāya toyaṃ hemākṛtiṃ nṛpa | vāsudevaṃ hṛdi sthāpya maṃtreṇānena kalpayet

Translation

فبعد أن يسبّح هكذا، أيها الملك، فليأخذ الماء وليصغِ منه هيئةً من ذهب؛ ثم ليُثبّت فاسوديفا في القلب، وليُجرِ الشعيرة بهذا المانترا.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक

• स्तुत्वा: having praised
• स्तुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• समादाय: having taken/collected
• समादाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+दा (धातु) + क्त्वा (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हेमाकृतिम्: a golden image/form
• हेमाकृतिम्: Karma (Object/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हेमस्य आकृतिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• वासुदेवम्: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• स्थाप्य: having placed/installed
• स्थाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) from causative स्थापयति; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• मन्त्रेण: by/with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; मन्त्रेण-विशेषण

• कल्पयेत्: should arrange/prepare/perform
• कल्पयेत्: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unknown (narrative instruction within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly patron and priest at a tīrtha prepare ritual water; a small golden icon/form is fashioned; the devotee meditates with hand on chest, indicating Vāsudeva installed in the heart.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual charity becomes spiritually potent when performed with devotion—installing Vāsudeva in the heart and acting with mantra-guided intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare the offering with water and a golden representation, meditate on Vāsudeva in the heart, and complete the rite using the stated mantra.