Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

महत्त्वं ते मया दत्तमद्यप्रभृति शोभने । महालक्ष्मीति ते नाम तस्मादत्र भविष्यति

Transliteration

mahattvaṃ te mayā dattamadyaprabhṛti śobhane | mahālakṣmīti te nāma tasmādatra bhaviṣyati

Translation

হে শোভনে! আজ থেকে আমি তোমাকে মহিমা দান করলাম; অতএব এখানে তোমার নাম হবে ‘মহালক্ষ্মী’।

Word by Word

• महत्त्वम्: greatness, eminence
• महत्त्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक; महत् + त्व प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (given)

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• प्रभृति: from (this time) onward
• प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भार्थक (from... onwards)

• शोभने: O beautiful one
• शोभने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• महालक्ष्मी: Mahālakṣmī
• महालक्ष्मी: Visheshana (Appellation/विशेषण-नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; इति-सम्बन्धेन नामरूपेण (as a name)

• इति: thus, as
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• नाम: name
• नाम: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahālakṣmī-tīrtha/āyatana (as established by naming)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The Devī (addressed as ‘śobhane’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā, four-faced and serene, bestows a boon and confers the name ‘Mahālakṣmī’ upon the radiant Devī; a tīrtha backdrop with lotus motifs and auspicious emblems (śaṅkha, cakra, padma) implied.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Mahālakṣmī (Lakṣmī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred name carries theological power—marking grace, identity, and the beginning of a new auspicious dispensation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies a localized ‘here’ within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Māhātmya setting, but does not specify the toponym in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not directly; it establishes the authoritative name used for subsequent worship and merit.