Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

पुरा देवि मयानंदपूरे व्याकुल चेतसा । न नता त्वं न मे कोपं तस्मात्त्वं कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

purā devi mayānaṃdapūre vyākula cetasā | na natā tvaṃ na me kopaṃ tasmāttvaṃ kartumarhasi

Translation

হে দেবী! পূর্বে আনন্দপুরে আমার চিত্ত ব্যাকুল ছিল বলে আমি আপনাকে প্রণাম করিনি; তাই আমার প্রতি ক্রোধ করবেন না।

Word by Word

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पूर्वकालवाचक adverb)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• मया: by me / I
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/with participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/कर्ता-करण), एकवचन

• आनन्दपूरे: in Ānandapura
• आनन्दपूरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānanda-pura (प्रातिपदिक; ānanda + pura)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (place-name), सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• व्याकुलचेतसा: with a disturbed mind
• व्याकुलचेतसा: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyākula-cetas (प्रातिपदिक; vyākula + cetas)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक ‘चेतस्’; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणरूपेण मया-सम्बद्धम्—‘व्याकुलेन चेतसा’

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• नता: bowed (down)
• नता: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nata (कृदन्त; √nam (नम्) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘नमिता/प्रणता’ (predicative with tvam)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन (enclitic)

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object, implied ‘did/caused’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘कोपं (कृतवती)’ इत्यर्थे

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Conclusion marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतुवाचक/therefore) मूलतः तद्-प्रातिपदिकस्य पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कर्तुम्: to do
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Complement of arhasi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought / you should
• अर्हसि: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √arh (अर्ह् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

King (addressing Devī/Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, eyes lowered, speaks penitently to the Goddess, recalling a past moment in Ānandapura when distress prevented proper obeisance.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Devī)
• Ānandapura
• King (nṛpati)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Admitting one’s lapse and seeking forgiveness is itself a dharmic act that restores the devotional relationship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ānandapura is mentioned as a location in the narrative, but the verse does not explicitly frame it as a tīrtha or describe its merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the act is verbal confession and request for kṣamā (forbearance).