Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

तस्मात्कुरुष्व कल्याणि यथास्माकं गतिर्भवेत् । माहात्म्यं तव वर्द्धेत त्रैलोक्येऽपि चराचरे

Transliteration

tasmātkuruṣva kalyāṇi yathāsmākaṃ gatirbhavet | māhātmyaṃ tava varddheta trailokye'pi carācare

Translation

Darum, o Glückverheißende, tue das Nötige, damit uns ein guter Weg zuteilwerde; und möge deine Größe in den drei Welten wachsen, unter allem Bewegten und Unbewegten.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (ablative, 5th), एकवचनम्

• कुरुष्व: do (you)
• कुरुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (imperative), मध्यम-पुरुषः (2nd person), एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

• कल्याणि: O auspicious lady
• कल्याणि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalyāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (vocative), एकवचनम्

• यथा: so that
• यथा: Sambandha (Clause linker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्ययम् (manner/correlative ‘so that/as’)

• अस्माकम्: of us / our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive, 6th), बहुवचनम् (plural)

• गतिः: course, refuge, outcome
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (nominative, 1st), एकवचनम्

• भवेत्: may be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकारः (optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (genitive, 6th), एकवचनम्

• वर्द्धेत: may increase
• वर्द्धेत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛdh (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकारः (optative), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

• त्रैलोक्ये: in the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (compound) द्विगु-समासः (‘three worlds’), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle: also/even)

• चर-अचरे: among the moving and unmoving (beings)
• चर-अचरे: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (compound) द्वन्द्वः (copulative: moving and unmoving), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Petitioners addressing Audumbarī (implied by immediate context of her worship and response)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Audumbarī (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audumbarī Devī (addressed as kalyāṇī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees address the auspicious Goddess with folded hands, requesting a favorable destiny and proclaiming that her greatness should expand through all worlds; the cosmos subtly frames the shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Audumbarī
• Trailokya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional petition (stuti + prayer) seeks both personal uplift (gati) and the spread of the sacred power’s glory (māhātmya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Audumbarī’s sacred locus is praised indirectly via the wish that her māhātmya expand across all realms.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; it is a prayer/request to the revered power to effect a favorable destiny.