Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

एत स्मात्कारणाद्गौरीं मुक्त्वैतान्पञ्चपिण्डकान् । कर्द्दमेन विधायाथ पूजयामि दिनेदिने

Transliteration

eta smātkāraṇādgaurīṃ muktvaitānpañcapiṇḍakān | karddamena vidhāyātha pūjayāmi dinedine

Translation

Aus eben diesem Grund lege ich diese fünf Klumpen (Sand) beiseite, forme sie dann mit Schlamm und verehre Gaurī Tag für Tag.

Word by Word

• एतस्मात्: from this, for this reason
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• कारणात्: from the cause/reason
• कारणात्: Apadana (Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• गौरीम्: Gaurī
• गौरीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• मुक्त्वा: having left/released
• मुक्त्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) + मुक्त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; 'having released/left'

• एतान्: these
• एतान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पञ्चपिण्डकान्: five lumps/balls (piṇḍakas)
• पञ्चपिण्डकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + पिण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (पञ्च पिण्डकाः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• कर्दमेन: with mud
• कर्दमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• विधाय: having made/formed
• विधाय: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु) + विधाय (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; 'having made/arranged'

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencer/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तर) = 'then'

• पूजयामि: I worship
• पूजयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दिने: in a day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (दिने दिने)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (explaining ongoing daily practice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A home shrine where five small sand-lumps are set aside, then coated/shaped with mud into simple icons; the devotee performs daily worship to Gaurī with lamp and water.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistency in devotion matters: daily worship, even with humble materials like mud, sustains divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya, but this verse describes personal daily worship rather than a named pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Make five piṇḍas/lumps (previously sand) into forms with mud/clay and worship Gaurī every day.