Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

देवत्वं जल्पितं तस्या नागर्याः सुरसंनिधौ । सोमपानं तथा कुर्मो वयं तत्र तया सह

Transliteration

devatvaṃ jalpitaṃ tasyā nāgaryāḥ surasaṃnidhau | somapānaṃ tathā kurmo vayaṃ tatra tayā saha

Translation

In Gegenwart der Götter verkündete jene Stadtjungfrau ihre Göttlichkeit; und dort teilten wir mit ihr den heiligen Soma-Trank.

Word by Word

• devatvam: divinity
• devatvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘divinity/godhood’

• jalpitam: was spoken
• jalpitam: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jalpita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √jalp (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — ‘spoken/uttered’ (agreeing with devatvam)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of her’

• nāgaryāḥ: of the Nāgarī woman
• nāgaryāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāgarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘of the Nāgarī woman’

• sura-saṃnidhau: in the presence of the gods
• sura-saṃnidhau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃnidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘सुराणां संनिधौ’), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘in the presence of the gods’

• soma-pānam: Soma-drinking
• soma-pānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक) + pāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘सोमस्य पानम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘drinking of Soma’

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thus/likewise’

• kurmaḥ: we do
• kurmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘we do’

• vayam: we
• vayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘we’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘there’

• tayā: with her
• tayā: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — ‘with her/by her’

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सह-योगे उपपद) — ‘together with’

Speaker

Bhṛgu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (Pitāmaha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhṛgu reports: the city-maiden proclaims her divinity before the gods, and participants even drink Soma with her—an unsettling, wondrous breach of ritual norms.

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Gods (sura)
• City-maiden (nāgarī/kanyakā)
• Soma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives test extraordinary claims (like ‘devatva’) against cosmic and ritual order, showing that even heavenly settings require dharmic scrutiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the focus is on the divine assembly context and the unusual event connected to the broader tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Soma-drinking (somapāna) is referenced, though presented as part of an anomalous situation rather than a standard injunction.