Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृति सा देवी तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे व्यवस्थिता । तन्नाम्ना कामदा नृणां सर्वव्यसननाशिनी

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛti sā devī tasminkṣetre vyavasthitā | tannāmnā kāmadā nṛṇāṃ sarvavyasananāśinī

Translation

Von da an blieb die Göttin in jenem heiligen Kṣetra gegründet; und unter eben diesem Namen wurde sie unter den Menschen als „Kāmadā“ bekannt—als Vernichterin allen Unheils.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter/from then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादानार्थक/क्रमवाचक (from then)

• प्रभृति: starting from
• प्रभृति: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभृति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भकालवाचक (beginning from)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रे: holy field/place
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• व्यवस्थिता: remained/was established
• व्यवस्थिता: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + वि-उपसर्ग + अव-उपसर्ग + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थित/निविष्ट’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘नाम्ना’)

• नाम्ना: by the name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• कामदा: wish-granting
• कामदा: Karta (Predicate noun)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/षष्ठीभाव: ‘कामं ददाति’ (giver of desires); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नृणाम्: of men/people
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• सर्वव्यसननाशिनी: destroyer of all misfortunes
• सर्वव्यसननाशिनी: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘सर्वेषां व्यसनानां नाशिनी’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmadā Devī-kṣetra (Ambā-Revatī)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess is envisioned as firmly abiding in the sacred field—aniconic presence becoming iconic: a shrine, a pedestal, a lion emblem, and devotees naming her ‘Kāmadā’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Kṣetra
• Kāmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha becomes spiritually potent when the deity is said to be permanently established there, granting boons and removing distress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The kṣetra in Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya where the Goddess is declared to reside as Kāmadā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, worship at this kṣetra of Kāmadā Devī for wish-fulfillment and removal of misfortunes.