Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तस्य कृत्स्नं फलं सद्यो भविष्यति न संशयः । नागरस्य विशेषेण सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

tasya kṛtsnaṃ phalaṃ sadyo bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ | nāgarasya viśeṣeṇa satyametanmayoditam

Translation

„Für jenen Verehrer wird die ganze Frucht sogleich hervortreten—ohne Zweifel. Besonders in Nāgara, in dieser heiligen Gegend, ist dies wahr; so habe Ich es verkündet.“

Word by Word

• tasya: of him / his
• tasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• kṛtsnam: entire
• kṛtsnam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛtsna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; 'phalam' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• sadyaḥ: immediately
• sadyaḥ: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• na: not / no
• na: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• nāgarasya: of Nāgara / of the Nāgara (place/person)
• nāgarasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति-प्रयोगेण अव्ययीभाव (instrumental used adverbially)

• satyam: true
• satyam: Pradhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; वाक्ये विधेय (predicate)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• uditam: spoken/declared
• uditam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु) + ud- (उपसर्ग) + udita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (said/uttered)

Speaker

Śrī Devī (Goddess)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess’ proclamation culminates in a solemn assurance: the devotee’s fruit is immediate, with the sacred region itself glowing as a witness to truth.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Devī
• Nāgara (region/khanda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine worship performed in a specially sanctified region yields swift and complete spiritual results by the power of the tīrtha and the deity’s vow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgara’s sacred geography in general, with the immediate context being the Devī’s Sarasvatī-taṭa shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It confirms the promised result (phala) of the Mahānavamī devotional pūjā described in the preceding verse.