Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

न प्रसीदति मे देवी यस्मात्पर्वतनंदिनी । तस्मान्मां यदि शक्राणी नैषा व्यापादयिष्यति

Transliteration

na prasīdati me devī yasmātparvatanaṃdinī | tasmānmāṃ yadi śakrāṇī naiṣā vyāpādayiṣyati

Translation

“যেতিয়া পৰ্বতনন্দিনী দেৱী পাৰ্বতী মোৰ ওপৰত অনুগ্ৰহ নকৰে, তেতিয়া শক্রাণী (ইন্দ্ৰাণী) বিৰোধ কৰিলেও মোক বিনাশ কৰিব নোৱাৰে।”

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• प्रसीदति: is pleased; relents
• प्रसीदति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + सद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मे: my; to me
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• देवी: the goddess; lady
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यस्मात्: because; since
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• पर्वतनन्दिनी: Pārvatī (daughter of the mountain)
• पर्वतनन्दिनी: Karta (Apposition to ‘देवी’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत + नन्दिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (daughter of the mountain)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Anvaya (Therefore)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तस्मात् = ‘therefore/from that’

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• शक्राणी: Śakrāṇī (Indra’s queen)
• शक्राणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्राणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• एषा: this (woman)
• एषा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• व्यापादयिष्यति: will kill; will destroy
• व्यापादयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आ + पद् (धातु) [कारणार्थे ‘व्यापादय’]
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘will cause to perish/kill’

Speaker

Viṣakanyā (the poison-maiden), within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The विषकन्या speaks with fierce certainty, invoking Pārvatī’s lack of grace and dismissing Śacī’s power; her face shows defiance mixed with wounded longing.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Parvatanandinī (Pārvatī)
• Śakrāṇī (Indrāṇī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace (prasāda) is portrayed as the highest protection; when one seeks Devī’s favor, worldly opposition loses its power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 62); the immediate snippet emphasizes Devī’s manifestation within the tīrtha narrative rather than naming a distinct site in this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse; it expresses faith in Devī’s grace.