Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

करिष्यति च या नारी पूजा यस्या अपि क्वचित् । सा भविष्यति दुःखाढ्या वंध्या दौर्भाग्यसंयुता

Transliteration

kariṣyati ca yā nārī pūjā yasyā api kvacit | sā bhaviṣyati duḥkhāḍhyā vaṃdhyā daurbhāgyasaṃyutā

Translation

Welche Frau auch immer zu irgendeiner Zeit Verehrung vollzieht (auf verbotene oder unziemliche Weise in diesem heiligen Zusammenhang), von der heißt es, sie werde von Leid erfüllt sein — kinderlos und vom Unglück begleitet.

Word by Word

• करिष्यति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present/Future sense in context), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular); परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपातः (conjunction/particle)

• या: who (she)
• या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः (f.), प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nom. 1), एकवचनम् (sg.)

• नारी: woman
• नारी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Acc. 2), एकवचनम्

• यस्याः: of whom / whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Gen. 6), एकवचनम्

• अपि: even / also
• अपि: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle; concessive/emphatic)

• क्वचित्: somewhere / at any time
• क्वचित्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: somewhere/ever)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भविष्यति: will become
• भविष्यति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• दुःखाढ्या: rich in sorrow / full of suffering
• दुःखाढ्या: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानााधिकरण/Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (predicate adjective)

• वंध्या: barren
• वंध्या: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• दौर्भाग्यसंयुता: endowed with misfortune
• दौर्भाग्यसंयुता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दौर्भाग्य + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener within the tīrtha-context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred precinct where a woman approaches worship; elders/priestly figures gesture restraint, while a subtle aura of inauspiciousness (darkened lotuses, withered garlands) symbolizes apacāra leading to sorrow and barrenness.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a tīrtha-māhātmya setting, worship must follow proper dharma and injunctions; violating the sacred procedure is portrayed as leading to suffering and misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is embedded in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 192); the specific tīrtha name is not stated in the single-verse excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No positive rite (snāna, dāna, japa) is specified here; the verse functions as a niṣedha-style warning about performing pūjā in an improper/forbidden manner within the tīrtha context.